Free Guide: Tonbridge and Malling Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2018 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£29.2m
Transactions
53,236
Suppliers
1,173
Key Takeaways
- £29.2 million in recorded spend across 53,236 transactions from 2018 to 2026
- 1,173 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 197, meaning spend is widely spread
- 13 tenders worth £561,580 published, with both tracked contracts awarded through open procedure
How much does Tonbridge and Malling actually spend?
Across the spending records we hold, Tonbridge and Malling has pushed £29.2 million through 53,236 transactions between 2018 and 2026. For a non-metropolitan district of around 133,000 people in Kent, that's a steady flow of purchasing activity. Our dataset draws from 134 source files collected from tmbc.gov.uk and Find a Tender, with the most recent collection dated November 2025. On the contracts side, we've tracked 4 contracts worth a combined £521,450, while the tender pipeline shows 13 published tenders valued at £561,580. The transaction-level data tells the fuller story here. The median contract value sits at around £260,700, so the contracts we hold tend to be mid-range rather than blockbuster. If you're scoping this borough, the transactional spend data gives you a much richer picture of where the money actually flows day to day.
Spend is spread wide, but a few names keep appearing
With 1,173 identified suppliers across 1,191 matched records, this council spreads its money around. The HHI score is just 197, which is very low, and the top five suppliers account for only 25.5% of recorded spend. That top five is an interesting mix. Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust leads at £4.3 million, followed by Veolia ES at £3.9 million and a grounds maintenance supplier at £3.7 million. Thomson Snell & Passmore, a local law firm, comes in fourth at £2.3 million, with FCC Waste Management rounding things out at £1.6 million. Construction is the biggest identified sector at 11.4% of spend (£7 million), closely followed by IT and communications at 10.2% (£6.2 million). Other service activities and financial services each take around 8-9%. No single sector dominates, which mirrors the supplier-level spread. Competition here looks genuinely open based on what we can see.
Open tenders, but not much formal pipeline to watch
Both contracts we hold procurement method data for were awarded through open procedure, and both sit above the procurement threshold. That's a clean split with no direct awards in the formal contract records. The 13 tenders published so far, worth £561,580, give you some forward visibility, though the volumes are modest. The bulk of this council's purchasing clearly happens at the transactional level rather than through large formal procurements. That's fairly typical for a district council of this size. The spending records show 22 different sectors receiving payments, from construction and IT down to agriculture and mining. Wholesale and retail trade is the most fragmented category by supplier count, with 153 suppliers drawing £3 million, while professional and scientific services is close behind at 148 suppliers and £3.5 million. For a borough covering 92.7 square miles of Kent, the procurement pattern is straightforward: routine spend through established suppliers, with formal competitions for larger pieces of work.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING LEISURE TRUST | £4,257,298 |
| 2 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £3,859,369 |
| 3 | LANDSCAPE SERVICES LIMITED | £3,736,842 |
| 4 | THOMSON SNELL & PASSMORE LLP | £2,253,027 |
| 5 | FCC WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £1,597,055 |
| 6 | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED | £1,468,705 |
| 7 | SOCIAL & COMMUNITY CARE LTD | £1,233,791 |
| 8 | ROYAL MAIL LIMITED | £1,233,214 |
| 9 | PORCHLIGHT | £1,131,543 |
| 10 | DMH STALLARD LLP | £1,050,000 |
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