Free Guide: Wokingham Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Wokingham Borough Council · Unitary authority · South East
Data covering 2020 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£1.7bn
Transactions
236,441
Suppliers
2,047
Key Takeaways
- £1.66 billion in recorded spend across 236,441 transactions since 2020
- 2,047 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 175, spreading spend widely
- Construction dominates at 27.1% of matched spend, led by Balfour Beatty
£1.66 billion from a borough of 174,000 people?
Wokingham is a unitary authority covering 69.1 square miles in Berkshire, and it punches above its weight as a buyer. Our data covers £1.66 billion in recorded spend across 236,441 transactions, drawn from 12 source files and spanning 2020 to 2026. That volume puts it firmly on the radar for suppliers working the South East. The data comes from both the council's own procurement portal and Find a Tender, with the latest collection from November 2025. We've matched 2,070 suppliers across those records. On the tender side, there are 90 published tenders worth a combined £924 million, which gives you a sense of the pipeline even if contract-level detail is sparse in the published data. For a borough council, this is a busy procurement operation. If you're scanning for active unitary authorities in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, Wokingham should be on your list.
Construction eats a quarter of the spend, but the field is wide open
Five sectors account for nearly 79% of matched spend. Construction leads at 27.1% (£281 million), followed by health and social work at 18.4% (£190 million), then professional services, education, and admin support trailing behind. Balfour Beatty tops the identified supplier list at £77.5 million, and construction firms hold five of the top ten spots. Optalis Limited, a council-linked care provider, sits second at £59 million. But here's the thing: the market is not concentrated. An HHI of 175 is very low, and the top five suppliers account for just 24% of recorded spend. Across 2,047 identified suppliers and 21 sectors, the money is spread thinly. Even in construction, you've got 157 matched suppliers splitting the work. Wokingham is also a member of Fusion21, the public sector procurement consortium, so framework routes into construction and property work are worth checking.
Where are the contract details?
This is where the picture gets thinner. Our dataset holds 25 published contracts for Wokingham, but none carry a recorded value, and there's no method distribution data to break down open tenders versus direct awards. The 90 tenders we've tracked are worth £924 million in aggregate, so the council is clearly active on formal procurement. But without granular contract data, it's hard to say what the typical award size looks like or how much goes through competitive routes versus direct engagement. The transaction-level spending data is strong, covering six years and over 236,000 line items, which tells you plenty about who gets paid and how much. What it doesn't tell you is how those relationships were established. If you're trying to gauge how open Wokingham's procurement really is, the tender pipeline and the Fusion21 membership are your best signals from the data we hold. The spending patterns suggest a council that uses a broad supplier base.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALFOUR BEATTY GROUP LIMITED | £77,524,357 |
| 2 | OPTALIS LIMITED | £59,020,117 |
| 3 | WATES RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £39,936,288 |
| 4 | VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP (UK) LIMITED | £36,530,327 |
| 5 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £35,761,755 |
| 6 | THE CIRCLE TRUST | £25,063,213 |
| 7 | PELLIKAAN (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED | £19,413,091 |
| 8 | BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE LIMITED | £18,969,528 |
| 9 | REDS10 (UK) LIMITED | £17,398,332 |
| 10 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £16,378,034 |
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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.
