Free Guide: Tameside Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · Metropolitan district · North West
Data covering 2012 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£2.2bn
Transactions
163,176
Suppliers
2,719
Key Takeaways
- £2.16 billion in recorded spend across 163,176 transactions from 2012 to 2026
- 2,719 identified suppliers keep concentration low with an HHI of just 336
- 33% of matched spend flows to health and social work suppliers alone
Over £2 billion tracked, and it's spread across 14 years
Tameside is a mid-sized metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, home to around 227,000 people across just under 40 square miles. But the spending footprint our data captures is large. Across 163,176 transactions, the recorded spend comes in at £2.16 billion, drawn from 59 source files collected from Tameside's own site and Find a Tender. That data stretches from January 2012 through to 2026, giving you a long window into how this council spends. We've matched 2,731 suppliers against Companies House records, spread across 22 SIC sectors. On the formal procurement side, the picture is thinner: 17 published contracts worth a combined £2.76 million, and 34 tenders valued at £126.5 million. The bulk of what we hold is transactional payment data rather than contract notices, which is worth bearing in mind as you dig into the numbers.
Health and social care dominates, but who's actually getting paid?
Of the spend we've matched to sectors, health and social work takes the biggest share at 32.9%, with £249.8 million flowing to 487 identified suppliers. Administrative services sit second at 21.6%, and professional and technical activities third at 13.8%. Those three sectors account for more than two-thirds of all matched spend. At the top of the supplier list, two InspiredSpaces entities together account for roughly £175 million in recorded payments, likely linked to Tameside's PFI schools programme. After that, Creative Link Support Ltd pulls in £26.5 million in health and social care. Tameside Sports Trust shows £17.6 million. And Redact Ltd, an IT firm, has received £12.4 million. Despite those large individual totals, concentration is low. The HHI sits at just 336, which is unconcentrated. The top five suppliers account for 31.1% of spend, and the top ten for 38.3%. With 2,719 suppliers in our dataset, the money is going to a lot of different places.
Where are all the published contracts?
This is where Tameside's profile gets interesting. We hold just two formal contract records with procurement method data, and both came through open tender. That is a very small sample, so drawing firm conclusions about how this council buys would be premature. The median contract value across those two sits at roughly £1.38 million, and both were above the procurement threshold. Meanwhile, the 34 tenders we've tracked carry a combined value of £126.5 million, which suggests a pipeline of opportunities that may not yet have converted into published contract awards in the data we hold. If you're scanning for upcoming work, that tender pipeline is probably more useful to you right now than the contract records. There are no consortium arrangements recorded in our dataset for Tameside, though as a GMCA member, joint procurement through the combined authority wouldn't be unusual. The gap between transactional volume and formal contract records is something to keep in mind.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE LIMITED | £109,159,419 |
| 2 | INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE (PROJECTCO1) LIMITED | £66,264,102 |
| 3 | CREATIVE LINK SUPPORT LTD | £26,475,986 |
| 4 | TAMESIDE SPORTS TRUST | £17,555,652 |
| 5 | REDACT LTD | £12,403,288 |
| 6 | TURNING POINT (SERVICES) LIMITED | £11,495,171 |
| 7 | HYDE ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT LIMITED | £10,646,697 |
| 8 | NPOWER LIMITED | £10,245,086 |
| 9 | COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CARE | £9,611,125 |
| 10 | DIRECT CARE (TAMESIDE) LTD | £9,226,032 |
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