Free Guide: Welwyn Hatfield Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2022 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£88.7m
Transactions
7,961
Suppliers
583
Key Takeaways
- £88.7 million in recorded spend across 7,961 transactions from 2022 to 2026
- 69.7% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, led by Morgan Sindall
- 39 tenders worth £133 million in the pipeline against 17 published contracts worth £5.2 million
How big a buyer is Welwyn Hatfield?
For a non-metropolitan district covering 50.2 square miles and around 124,000 residents in Hertfordshire, Welwyn Hatfield moves a decent amount of money. Our data tracks £88.7 million in recorded spend across 7,961 transactions, drawn from 20 source files covering 2022 to 2026. That works out at roughly £22 million a year, which is in line with what you'd expect from a borough council of this size. We've matched 603 suppliers across those transactions, spread over 21 sector categories. The council publishes through both its own site and Find a Tender, and CouncilLedger's most recent collection was October 2025. On the contracts side, we hold 17 published contracts worth a combined £5.2 million, alongside 39 tenders valued at £133 million. If you're scoping this council as a prospect, the spend volume is steady and the data runs right up to the current period.
Property and construction firms dominate the supplier list
The spending here is heavily tilted towards bricks and mortar. Real estate and construction together account for 63.7% of all matched spend, split almost evenly between them at around £21.2 million each. Morgan Sindall Property Services sits at the top with £19.9 million, followed by Equans Regeneration (£9 million) and Novus Property Solutions (£8.7 million). All three are construction or property maintenance firms. Waste management is the next big category, with Pearce Recycling (£5.2 million) and FCC Recycling (£3.6 million) taking most of that 13.2% share. The top five identified suppliers account for 69.7% of matched spend, and the top ten take 82.2%. But the HHI sits at 1,380, which is technically unconcentrated. That gap between high top-supplier share and a low HHI comes from a long tail of 583 suppliers picking up smaller amounts across professional services, IT, and admin support.
Where are the open tenders?
Our data holds 17 published contracts worth £5.2 million, with a median value of £2.6 million. We only have procurement method data for two of those, and both were direct awards above threshold. Alongside the contracts, there are 39 tenders on record worth £133 million in total, which tells you the council does use competitive processes for larger pieces of work. The gap between £5.2 million in published contract value and £133 million in tender value is striking, though the two figures measure different things and cover different time windows. For anyone tracking live opportunities, the tender pipeline is the more useful dataset here. Construction and property maintenance are clearly the dominant spend areas, and given the concentration among a handful of large suppliers in those sectors, competition for the biggest contracts looks limited based on what we can see. Whether that pattern holds across the full procurement picture is harder to say from this data alone.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MORGAN SINDALL PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £19,881,240 |
| 2 | EQUANS REGENERATION LIMITED | £9,000,877 |
| 3 | NOVUS PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £8,746,944 |
| 4 | PEARCE RECYCLING COMPANY LIMITED | £5,184,086 |
| 5 | FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED | £3,572,010 |
| 6 | GRACELANDS COMPLETE MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED | £2,897,907 |
| 7 | LIBERATA UK LIMITED | £2,039,385 |
| 8 | SURESERVE COMPLIANCE CENTRAL LIMITED | £1,858,391 |
| 9 | SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED | £946,155 |
| 10 | RANDSTAD SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £576,939 |
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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.
