Free Guide: Waltham Forest Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for London Borough of Waltham Forest · London borough · London
Data covering 2023 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£336.4m
Transactions
24,196
Suppliers
1,373
Key Takeaways
- £336 million in recorded spend across 24,196 transactions from 2023 to 2026
- 1,373 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market at HHI 466
- 804 tenders worth over £1 billion signal a very active procurement pipeline
How big a buyer is Waltham Forest?
For a London borough of around 277,000 people packed into 15.1 square miles, Waltham Forest moves a lot of money. Our data covers £336 million in recorded spend across 24,196 transactions from 2023 to 2026, drawn from 29 source files and four publishing domains. That works out to a rough average of just under £14,000 per transaction, though the range is wide. On the contracts side, the 636 contracts we hold carry a combined value of £13.9 million. The tender pipeline is where the real volume sits: 804 tenders with a total value north of £1 billion. If you're sizing up this council as a potential client, the spend volume alone puts it firmly in active buyer territory. And the data is fresh, with collections running through January 2026, so you're looking at a current picture rather than stale records.
Morgan Sindall dominates, but the field is wide open
Across the 1,373 identified suppliers in our dataset, Morgan Sindall Property Services sits at the top with £47.5 million in recorded spend. That is roughly 14% of all matched spending on its own. LK North East London LLP follows at £22.7 million, and Academy Services (Waltham Forest) takes third with £17.3 million. The top five suppliers account for 37.7% of spend, and the top ten for 51.9%. But the HHI score is just 466, which is unconcentrated. So while a few big names take large slices, the remaining spend is spread across hundreds of suppliers. Sector-wise, administrative and support services leads at 17.7% of spend, closely followed by real estate at 16.4% and construction at 14.1%. Health and social work, education, and professional services each pull between 6% and 9%. That is a genuinely broad spread across categories, with 1,446 matched supplier records feeding the picture.
Is there room for new entrants in the procurement mix?
Of the 7 published contracts with procurement method data, 4 were direct awards and 3 went through open competition. That is a fairly even split, though the small sample makes it hard to read too much into the ratio. The median contract value sits at £170,000, with 5 contracts above the procurement threshold and 2 below. Where things get more interesting is the tender pipeline. With 804 tenders on record worth over £1 billion in combined value, Waltham Forest is clearly an active publisher. That volume suggests a council that runs regular formal procurement rounds rather than relying purely on existing arrangements. No consortium activity appears in our data for this council. For bid managers weighing up whether to invest time here, the combination of a broad supplier base, an unconcentrated market, and a busy tender pipeline paints a picture of a council where competition is alive and ongoing.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MORGAN SINDALL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £47,479,216 |
| 2 | LK NORTH EAST LONDON LLP | £22,728,092 |
| 3 | ACADEMY SERVICES (WALTHAM FOREST) LIMITED | £17,315,065 |
| 4 | CHOSEN CARE GROUP LIMITED | £12,523,635 |
| 5 | TOWER HAMLETS GP CARE GROUP CIC | £11,031,764 |
| 6 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £9,957,097 |
| 7 | COUNTRYSIDE PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED | £9,780,655 |
| 8 | HILL PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED | £8,353,197 |
| 9 | BY EDUCATION (WALTHAM FOREST) LIMITED | £7,085,841 |
| 10 | CHANGE, GROW, LIVE SERVICES LIMITED | £6,425,844 |
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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.
