Free Guide: Rushcliffe Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Rushcliffe Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2015 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£794.1m
Transactions
34,004
Suppliers
1,254
Key Takeaways
- £794 million in recorded spend across 34,004 transactions from 2015 to 2026
- 1,257 matched suppliers identified, but one accounts for 85% of spend
- 9 tenders worth £1.76 million tracked, with very few formal contracts published
£794 million from a district council?
That number needs context. Our data covers 34,004 transactions from Rushcliffe Borough Council spanning 2015 to 2026, drawn from 66 source files. The recorded spend totals £794 million, which is unusually high for a non-metropolitan district serving around 121,000 people across 157.9 square miles of Nottinghamshire. The reason becomes clear when you look at the supplier breakdown. A single entity, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, accounts for roughly £679 million of that total. This almost certainly reflects pass-through payments, a shared services arrangement, or a data classification quirk rather than straightforward procurement. Strip that out and you're looking at something closer to £115 million over eleven years, which is more in line with what you'd expect from a borough council of this size. Keep that context in mind as you read the rest of this profile.
One supplier dominates everything else
The concentration here is extreme. The HHI score sits at 8,330, which is highly concentrated, and the top five identified suppliers account for 94.5% of all recorded spend. Even setting aside the cricket club anomaly, the picture is still top-heavy. Willmott Dixon Construction comes in second at £12.8 million, followed by Nottingham City Couriers at £6.3 million. Construction is the largest classifiable sector, with 136 suppliers sharing £19.9 million in spend. After that, transportation and storage (£7.3 million) and admin and support services (£5.1 million) feature prominently. But 91.4% of spend sits in the "Unknown" sector category, tied largely to that single unclassified supplier. Of the 1,257 suppliers we've matched, the spend distribution outside the top three is fairly flat. Trent Valley Plumbing, Limonta Smith JV, and Parkwood Leisure all cluster around the £900,000 to £1.2 million range.
Where are the published contracts?
This is where the data gets thin. We've tracked just 6 contracts and 9 tenders worth a combined £1.76 million for Rushcliffe. No procurement method breakdown is available, and there's no median contract value to report. That's not unusual for smaller district councils, which often procure below the thresholds that trigger formal publication on Find a Tender. Most of the spending picture here comes from transaction-level payment data rather than structured contract notices. If you're looking for upcoming opportunities, the tender pipeline is sparse based on what we hold. The council's own website and the Find a Tender service are both listed as data sources, so what's been published is captured. For a borough of this size, much of the buying likely happens through frameworks, local agreements, or lower-value purchases that don't generate public contract notices. The real spending activity is in the payments data.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB LIMITED | £679,165,723 |
| 2 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £12,805,119 |
| 3 | NOTTINGHAM CITY COURIERS LIMITED | £6,317,221 |
| 4 | CBS ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED | £3,565,768 |
| 5 | TOMLINSON IT LTD | £1,612,342 |
| 6 | FRONTLINE RECRUITMENT NATIONAL LIMITED | £1,305,854 |
| 7 | PARKWOOD LEISURE LIMITED | £1,190,800 |
| 8 | ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED | £922,249 |
| 9 | TRENT VALLEY PLUMBING & BUILDING LIMITED | £917,212 |
| 10 | LIMONTA SMITH JV LIMITED | £914,351 |
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