Free Guide: Runnymede Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Runnymede Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2021 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£58.9m
Transactions
5,575
Suppliers
452
Key Takeaways
- £58.9 million in recorded spend across 5,575 transactions from 2021 to 2026
- 62.7% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, dominated by Places for People
- 20 tenders worth £74 million signal a pipeline heavily weighted toward larger projects
How much is Runnymede actually spending?
Runnymede is a compact borough, just 30.1 square miles in Surrey with a population of around 90,000. But the spending data tells a story of a council punching above its weight as a buyer. Our dataset covers £58.9 million in recorded spend across 5,575 transactions, drawn from 17 source files and spanning 2021 to 2026. That works out at roughly £652 per resident across the period, which gives you a sense of scale. We've matched 469 suppliers from those records, spread across 21 sector categories. On the contracts side, our data holds 21 published contracts worth a combined £2.9 million. The tender pipeline is where it gets interesting: 20 tenders with a combined value of £74 million. For a non-metropolitan district of this size, that volume of tendered work points to some chunky capital projects flowing through procurement. If you're scanning boroughs in Surrey, Runnymede is generating enough activity to be worth a closer look.
One supplier towers over the rest
The concentration picture here is striking. Based on the spending records we hold, Places for People Homes Limited accounts for £20 million of the £58.9 million total, roughly a third of all matched spend. That single relationship drives the HHI up to 2,800, which is highly concentrated. The top five identified suppliers absorb 62.7% of recorded spend, and the top ten take 70.5%. After Places for People, the next tier drops off sharply: Contag Construction at £1.4 million, Hot Property Services at £973,000, and Management & Construction Services at £809,000. Construction firms feature heavily in the top ten, with three of them sitting in the upper ranks. Professional and technical services is the most fragmented sector by supplier count, with 71 identified suppliers sharing £2.6 million. Construction has 40 suppliers across £3.1 million. So outside the dominant housing relationship, the spend is actually quite spread around.
Big tenders, open routes, but how competitive is it really?
Of the contracts we've tracked with procurement method data, both went through open competition. The median contract value sits at £1.45 million, suggesting these are mid-to-large pieces of work rather than routine purchases. Both contracts were above the procurement threshold. The tender data adds more colour. Twenty tenders worth £74 million are published across the period, and that pipeline dwarfs the contract value data. The average tender is worth around £3.7 million, which tells you Runnymede is packaging work into larger lots. For a borough council, these are sizeable opportunities. No consortium activity appears in our data, so joint procurement doesn't seem to be part of the picture based on what we can see. The combination of open procurement routes and large tender values suggests these opportunities are accessible, but the concentrated supplier base raises a question: are new entrants actually winning?
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PLACES FOR PEOPLE HOMES LIMITED | £20,008,842 |
| 2 | CONTAG CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £1,436,756 |
| 3 | HOT PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £972,820 |
| 4 | MANAGEMENT & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LIMITED | £809,486 |
| 5 | HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CARS LIMITED | £728,161 |
| 6 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £725,205 |
| 7 | ANGLIAN BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED | £689,319 |
| 8 | KOMPAN LIMITED | £614,983 |
| 9 | LAWTECH GROUP LIMITED | £478,455 |
| 10 | SOLE TRADER LIMITED | £471,374 |
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