Free Guide: Worthing Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Worthing Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£521.2m
Transactions
47,486
Suppliers
2,225
Key Takeaways
- £521 million in recorded spend across 47,486 transactions since 2011
- 68.7% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, with an HHI of 1,805
- Only 2 published contracts found, both awarded through limited procedures
Half a billion in spend from a borough of 110,000 people?
Worthing is a small non-metropolitan district on the West Sussex coast, just 12.7 square miles with a population of around 110,000. But our dataset shows £521 million in recorded spend across 47,486 transactions, drawn from 87 source files and covering 2011 to 2026. That is a big number for a borough council, and it needs some context. A large chunk of the top-line figure comes from treasury and inter-authority payments rather than traditional service contracts. Basildon District Council alone accounts for over £154 million, and financial institutions like Lloyds Bank and Goldman Sachs International Bank together add another £73 million. Strip those out and you are looking at a more modest operational buyer. Worthing shares services with neighbouring Adur through a joint administration, which the source domain (adur-worthing.gov.uk) confirms. That shared arrangement shapes how spend flows and where contracts sit. Worth keeping in mind when reading the numbers.
Where does the money actually go?
Of the 2,225 identified suppliers we've matched, spend is heavily concentrated at the top. The five largest suppliers account for 68.7% of all matched spend, and the top ten take 76.1%. The HHI sits at 1,805, which is moderately concentrated. Financial and insurance activities make up 19.6% of matched spend across 41 suppliers, mostly driven by banking relationships. Construction follows at 16.6%, spread across 225 suppliers, with West Sussex (Worthing) Limited the standout name at £41 million. Professional and scientific services involve the most suppliers (236) but only 3% of spend, suggesting lots of smaller engagements. Almost half the spend, 45.5%, sits in the "Unknown" sector category because those suppliers haven't been classified yet. That is a large blind spot in the sector picture. If you are trying to size up a particular market here, the supplier-level data on CouncilLedger will tell you more than the sector breakdown alone.
Two published contracts and both were limited procedures
This is where the data gets thin. Our records show only 2 published contracts for Worthing, both above threshold, with a median value of £568,604. Both were awarded through limited (restricted) procedures. No open tenders appear in the contract data at all. There are 9 tenders on record worth a combined £1.1 million, and 5 additional contracts valued at £1.14 million, but the formal procurement trail is sparse. The joint arrangement with Adur likely means some contracts are published under the shared authority rather than Worthing alone, which could explain the low numbers here. For bid managers, this council's procurement activity is hard to read from published data alone. The payment records tell you who is getting paid and how much, but the route to market is mostly invisible in the formal notices we hold. That gap is worth noting before drawing any firm conclusions about how open this market is.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASILDON DISTRICT COUNCIL | £154,491,699 |
| 2 | LLOYDS BANK PLC | £66,318,476 |
| 3 | WEST SUSSEX (WORTHING) LIMITED | £40,997,513 |
| 4 | GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB LIMITED | £12,574,649 |
| 5 | WORTHING THEATRES & MUSEUM | £7,917,869 |
| 6 | NSL LIMITED | £7,275,135 |
| 7 | GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL BANK | £7,000,000 |
| 8 | MORGAN SINDALL LIMITED | £6,994,893 |
| 9 | NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU | £5,096,699 |
| 10 | CLOSE BROTHERS LIMITED | £4,000,000 |
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