Free Guide: Sevenoaks Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Sevenoaks District Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2010 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£74.9m
Transactions
15,572
Suppliers
951
Key Takeaways
- £74.9 million recorded spend across 15,572 transactions spanning 2010 to 2026
- 952 identified suppliers with construction taking 27.6% of matched spend
- £127.8 million in tender pipeline value across 4 published tenders
How big a buyer is Sevenoaks?
Sevenoaks is a non-metropolitan district in Kent with a population of around 121,000, covering 142.5 square miles. Our data shows £74.9 million in recorded spend across 15,572 transactions, drawn from 66 source files and spanning 2010 to 2026. That works out to a steady flow of smaller payments rather than a handful of blockbuster contracts. For a district council of this size, the transaction volume tells you this is an active buyer with regular purchasing needs. The council is a full member of the South East Consortium and also sits on Fusion21, which means some procurement may route through framework agreements that don't always surface in individual council spending data. If you're looking at Sevenoaks, keep in mind that these consortium memberships could shape how certain categories get procured.
Construction leads, but 952 suppliers share the work
Across the spending records we hold, 952 suppliers have been matched to Companies House records. Construction dominates, pulling in £9.8 million or 27.6% of matched spend. Willmott Dixon tops the list at £6.8 million, which is a big chunk of that construction total. After that, the spread is much flatter. A B Canham (real estate, £1 million), Royal Mail (£869,000), and IT firms Idox and Capita round out the top five. IT and communications is the second largest sector at 14.8%, followed by professional services at 10.1%. The concentration numbers back up what the supplier list suggests. An HHI of 450 is low, and the top five suppliers account for 30.8% of recorded spend. Outside of Willmott Dixon's construction work, no single supplier commands a dominant position. That makes this a fairly fragmented market based on what we can see.
What does the tender pipeline look like?
The procurement data for Sevenoaks includes 2 published contracts in our dataset and no method distribution data to break down. But the tender side is more interesting. Four tenders have been published with a combined value of £127.8 million, which is a large number relative to the council's overall recorded spend. That gap between day-to-day spending patterns and tender values suggests some of those tenders may cover multi-year frameworks or joint procurement through the consortiums Sevenoaks belongs to. Without contract method breakdowns, it is hard to say how much work goes through open competition versus direct awards. The transaction data, though, paints a picture of a council that processes a lot of lower-value payments across a wide supplier base. For anyone tracking upcoming opportunities, the tender pipeline is the most active part of the dataset.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £6,830,520 |
| 2 | A B CANHAM & SON | £1,001,565 |
| 3 | ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED | £868,680 |
| 4 | IDOX SOFTWARE LTD | £789,194 |
| 5 | CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD | £751,467 |
| 6 | COUNTY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTD | £696,806 |
| 7 | BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED | £660,940 |
| 8 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY | £626,706 |
| 9 | OAKWOOD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED | £607,821 |
| 10 | VENN GROUP LIMITED | £563,792 |
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CouncilLedger brings together spending records, contract awards, and tender notices from over 400 UK local authorities into one procurement intelligence platform. Our data covers 16 years of transactions, collected directly from council transparency publications and government procurement platforms. Search suppliers, track spending trends, discover tender opportunities, and monitor the contracts that matter to your business.
