Free Guide: Warwick Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Warwick District Council · Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£519.9m
Transactions
105,614
Suppliers
1,837
Key Takeaways
- £520 million in recorded spend across over 105,000 transactions since 2011
- 40% of matched spend goes to construction, with five construction firms in the top ten
- 1,837 identified suppliers and an HHI of 318, pointing to a spread market
Half a billion in recorded spend from a district council?
Warwick District Council covers about 109 square miles in the West Midlands with a population of around 145,000. For a non-metropolitan district, the spending volume is striking. Our data holds over 105,000 payment transactions spanning 2011 to 2026, totalling £520 million in recorded spend. That works out at roughly £35 million a year, though the actual distribution is unlikely to be even. On the tenders side, we've tracked 32 published opportunities worth a combined £272 million. Much of that value will sit in a handful of large procurements. The data is drawn from 141 source files collected from warwickdc.gov.uk and Find a Tender, with the most recent collection in January 2026. For a district council buyer, these are busy spending records, and they stretch back far enough to give you a decent read on long-term patterns.
Construction dominates, but the supplier base is wide
Of the 1,842 suppliers we've matched to Companies House records, construction firms take the largest share of spend by a clear margin. Construction accounts for 40.1% of matched spend, or about £138 million, spread across 130 identified suppliers. Five of the top ten suppliers by spend are construction-related: Axis Europe, Lovell Partnerships, Ian Williams, Speller Metcalfe Malvern, and J Wright Roofing. After construction, other service activities (14.3%) and waste management (9.9%) take second and third place. Suez Recycling and Recovery pulls in nearly £20 million on its own. But the market is not top-heavy. The HHI sits at just 318, which is firmly unconcentrated. The top five suppliers account for 29.6% of matched spend, and even the top ten only reach 51.7%. If you're looking at this council, the spread of spend across 1,837 suppliers suggests no single firm has a lock on the work.
Where are the formal contracts?
Here's what's interesting about Warwick's procurement data: we hold just 4 published contracts with no recorded value against them, yet 32 tenders worth £272 million. The tender pipeline tells you this council is actively putting work out to market, but the formal contract register is thin in our dataset. Of those 32 tenders, given the sector breakdown, you'd expect a good proportion to be construction and maintenance related. Professional, scientific and technical services have 273 identified suppliers, more than any other sector, though their combined spend is only £17 million. That tells you there are a lot of smaller engagements in advisory and consultancy work. Administrative and support services clock in at £30.6 million, with D&K Heating Services alone pulling nearly £18 million of that. For bid managers, the tender feed from Find a Tender is where the live opportunities sit. The payment data gives you the context of who is already embedded.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AXIS EUROPE LIMITED | £25,220,962 |
| 2 | SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD | £19,877,144 |
| 3 | WARWICKSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL | £19,740,711 |
| 4 | LOVELL PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED | £18,866,394 |
| 5 | FABAR CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £18,214,337 |
| 6 | IAN WILLIAMS LIMITED | £17,984,602 |
| 7 | D & K HEATING SERVICES LIMITED | £17,888,348 |
| 8 | SPELLER METCALFE MALVERN LIMITED | £16,484,288 |
| 9 | SITA UK LIMITED | £13,553,662 |
| 10 | J WRIGHT ROOFING LIMITED | £10,378,071 |
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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.
