# Birmingham: spending over £500 url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/spending-over-500/birmingham/ updated: 29 September 2026 licence: Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Figures: each source's own licence, listed under Sources. publisher: [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk) # Birmingham: spending over £500 Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). Birmingham published **109,965 payments** of £500 or more between August 2025 and July 2026, worth **£1.88bn** in all, to 3,840 suppliers. The largest total went to Equans Regeneration Limited: £198.2m across 71 payments. These are the council's own published records; the gaps in them are listed below. ## Key figures - £1.88bnPaid in payments of £500 or more, latest year - 109,965Payments - 3,840Suppliers - 12 of 12Months with payments published ## What the council published - Augpublished - Septpublished - Octpublished - Novpublished - Decpublished - Janpublished - Febpublished - Marpublished - Aprpublished - Maypublished - Junpublished - Julpublished **Gaps and problems in the data, as published:** - 2.6% of payments (£10,204,847) have the supplier name withheld or redacted by the council, usually because the payee is an individual. - 422 credits and refunds (negative amounts, £25,795,342 in all) are included, so totals are net. ## Top 50 suppliers by value Search | Supplier | Paid | Payments | | --- | --- | --- | | Equans Regeneration LimitedDetails | £198,194,525 | 71 | | Payments71 | | | | Birmingham Highways LtdDetails | £150,295,831 | 22 | | Payments22 | | | | Hays Specialist Recruitment LtdDetails | £118,503,617 | 79 | | Payments79 | | | | Fortem Solutions LtdDetails | £110,779,774 | 23 | | Payments23 | | | | Veolia Es Birmingham LtdDetails | £54,050,487 | 89 | | Payments89 | | | | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustDetails | £41,347,278 | 91 | | Payments91 | | | | Change Grow Live Services LtdDetails | £29,342,107 | 37 | | Payments37 | | | | West Mercia EnergyDetails | £25,417,413 | 6,306 | | Payments6,306 | | | | Acivico (Design, Construction and Facilities Management) LimitedDetails | £24,760,035 | 4,269 | | Payments4,269 | | | | Volkerfitzpatrick LimitedDetails | £23,206,977 | 16 | | Payments16 | | | | Transform Schools Bham LtdDetails | £21,863,997 | 76 | | Payments76 | | | | Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure LtdDetails | £21,229,932 | 19 | | Payments19 | | | | Birmingham Schools Partnership LtdDetails | £18,629,344 | 42 | | Payments42 | | | | Sevacare UK LtdDetails | £17,276,524 | 725 | | Payments725 | | | | TravelPerk UK IRL LtdDetails | £16,317,031 | 23 | | Payments23 | | | | University Hospital Bham Nhs TrustDetails | £15,765,984 | 47 | | Payments47 | | | | Green Destinations LtdDetails | £15,203,661 | 64 | | Payments64 | | | | Tom White Waste LimitedDetails | £15,063,828 | 75 | | Payments75 | | | | Birmingham Childrens Trust CICDetails | £13,507,029 | 22 | | Payments22 | | | | Birmingham Schools Spc Phase 1A LtdDetails | £12,924,077 | 35 | | Payments35 | | | | Claremont Living Group LimitedDetails | £12,519,483 | 1,010 | | Payments1,010 | | | | Perk UK LtdDetails | £12,289,745 | 17 | | Payments17 | | | | Morgan Sindall PLCDetails | £12,015,438 | 9 | | Payments9 | | | | Extra Personnel LimitedDetails | £11,467,105 | 11,938 | | Payments11,938 | | | | Galliford Try Construction LimitedDetails | £10,947,650 | 22 | | Payments22 | | | | *Names withheld by the council*Details | £10,204,847 | 2,905 | | Payments2,905 | | | | Hats Group LtdDetails | £9,282,446 | 32 | | Payments32 | | | | AFJ LtdDetails | £8,919,226 | 32 | | Payments32 | | | | Oracle Corporation UK LtdDetails | £8,877,007 | 78 | | Payments78 | | | | Medequip Assistive Technology LtdDetails | £8,497,963 | 43 | | Payments43 | | | | Macc Care LtdDetails | £8,168,594 | 92 | | Payments92 | | | | West Midlands Combined AuthorityDetails | £8,065,109 | 24 | | Payments24 | | | | Second City Housing LtdDetails | £7,502,832 | 78 | | Payments78 | | | | Bevan Brittan LLPDetails | £7,379,887 | 112 | | Payments112 | | | | Birmingham Museums TrustDetails | £7,269,283 | 25 | | Payments25 | | | | Constellia Public LtdDetails | £7,192,753 | 638 | | Payments638 | | | | Royal Mail Group LimitedDetails | £7,076,134 | 137 | | Payments137 | | | | Birmingham Schools Spc Phase 1B LtdDetails | £6,966,760 | 22 | | Payments22 | | | | Morro Partnerships LimitedDetails | £6,925,212 | 23 | | Payments23 | | | | Sanctuary Care Property 2 LtdDetails | £6,656,336 | 89 | | Payments89 | | | | Xma LtdDetails | £6,445,912 | 232 | | Payments232 | | | | Phoenix Software LimitedDetails | £6,420,957 | 7 | | Payments7 | | | | CPC Civils LimitedDetails | £6,380,420 | 9 | | Payments9 | | | | Nationwide Care Services LtdDetails | £6,350,659 | 3,855 | | Payments3,855 | | | | The Ridings Care HomeDetails | £6,087,854 | 88 | | Payments88 | | | | NSL LtdDetails | £5,981,081 | 61 | | Payments61 | | | | Mcphillips (Wellington ) LtdDetails | £5,950,406 | 28 | | Payments28 | | | | Avery Homes (Nelson) LimitedDetails | £5,338,921 | 62 | | Payments62 | | | | Forward Carers C.I.C.Details | £5,205,053 | 8 | | Payments8 | | | | Claremont Living LimitedDetails | £5,174,262 | 519 | | Payments519 | | | ## Spending by category (our classification) Payments this site classifies into each category from the supplier and the council's description; most payments fall into none. The rules are on the [methodology page](/methodology/#spend-over-500). **Birmingham: payments by category (our classification)** - 1. Large outsourcing and contracting firms £292,030,334 780 payments - 2. Consultancy and agency staff £141,782,163 1023 payments - 3. Payments to other councils and public bodies £77,462,265 729 payments - 4. IT and software £47,920,551 2270 payments - 5. Legal fees £26,071,840 3051 payments - 6. Travel and accommodation £806,788 194 payments - 7. Communications and PR £368,102 77 payments - 8. Catering and hospitality £15,461 23 payments - 9. Conferences and events £4,710 4 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Large outsourcing and contracting firms | £292,030,334 | | 2. Consultancy and agency staff | £141,782,163 | | 3. Payments to other councils and public bodies | £77,462,265 | | 4. IT and software | £47,920,551 | | 5. Legal fees | £26,071,840 | | 6. Travel and accommodation | £806,788 | | 7. Communications and PR | £368,102 | | 8. Catering and hospitality | £15,461 | | 9. Conferences and events | £4,710 | **Payments to other councils and public bodies: largest suppliers** The supplier is another council, a police, fire or NHS body, a government department or agency, or a pension fund. - Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: £41,347,278 (91 payments) - University Hospital Bham Nhs Trust: £15,765,984 (47 payments) - West Midlands Combined Authority: £8,065,109 (24 payments) - Department for Transport: £2,577,326 (5 payments) - Coventry City Council: £2,011,608 (5 payments) - Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust: £1,144,764 (13 payments) - Birmingham Voluntary Service Council: £1,053,781 (29 payments) - Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust: £984,177 (36 payments) - Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: £676,727 (54 payments) - Telford & Wrekin Council: £363,343 (4 payments) **Large outsourcing and contracting firms: largest suppliers** The supplier is one of a named list of large firms that run council services under contract. A payment to one is often a routine instalment on a long contract. - Equans Regeneration Limited: £198,194,525 (71 payments) - Veolia Es Birmingham Ltd: £54,050,487 (89 payments) - Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd: £21,229,932 (19 payments) - Morgan Sindall PLC: £12,015,438 (9 payments) - OCS Group UK Limited: £4,553,330 (475 payments) - Capita Business Services Ltd: £1,785,234 (41 payments) - G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Limited: £59,388 (28 payments) - Kier Transportation Limited: £54,608 (15 payments) - Veolia Es (UK) Ltd: £31,825 (30 payments) - Serco Limited: £29,645 (1 payment) **Legal fees: largest suppliers** The supplier is a law firm or chambers, or the council describes the payment as legal fees, counsel or court fees. - Bevan Brittan LLP: £7,379,887 (112 payments) - Antony Hodari Holdings Ltd: £2,054,020 (353 payments) - DLA Piper Scotland LLP: £1,645,583 (27 payments) - Bond Turner Limited: £1,071,571 (164 payments) - Diagonus Limited: £1,051,073 (12 payments) - Trowers & Hamlins LLP: £785,493 (56 payments) - The Community Law Partnership Limited: £580,611 (61 payments) - Freeths LLP: £549,255 (3 payments) - Coupland Cavendish Ltd: £518,021 (128 payments) - Names withheld by the council: £499,070 (103 payments) **Consultancy and agency staff: largest suppliers** The supplier is a recruitment agency or consultancy on a named list, or the council describes the payment as consultancy, agency or interim staff, or professional fees. - Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd: £118,503,617 (79 payments) - Reed Talent Solutions Limited: £4,491,490 (118 payments) - KPMG LLP: £3,574,028 (38 payments) - Arthur J Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited: £2,834,149 (8 payments) - Grant Thornton UK LLP: £2,022,549 (9 payments) - Newton Europe Limited: £1,680,000 (1 payment) - Brown & Brown Insurance Brokers (UK) Limited: £1,354,205 (1 payment) - Higgs LLP: £1,090,719 (27 payments) - Names withheld by the council: £966,990 (135 payments) - Zurich Insurance Europe AG: £926,092 (3 payments) **IT and software: largest suppliers** The supplier is on a named list of IT and telecoms firms, or the council describes the payment as software, licences, IT, hardware, hosting or telephony. - Oracle Corporation UK Ltd: £8,877,007 (78 payments) - Xma Ltd: £6,441,463 (230 payments) - Phoenix Software Limited: £6,420,957 (7 payments) - Insight Direct (UK) Ltd: £3,356,755 (76 payments) - NEC Software Solutions UK Limited: £3,066,499 (25 payments) - Softcat PLC: £2,933,609 (39 payments) - CDW Limited: £2,849,325 (28 payments) - Cirrus Response Ltd: £2,256,053 (13 payments) - Civica UK Ltd: £1,201,377 (23 payments) - Virgin Media Business Limited: £760,496 (63 payments) **Communications and PR: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as advertising, marketing, publicity or public relations. Recruitment and statutory notices are left out. - Birmingham & Solihull Lift Limited: £122,910 (2 payments) - British Telecommunications Public Limited Company: £106,237 (8 payments) - Sportfive UK Ltd: £17,880 (1 payment) - AWS Education Ltd: £12,537 (13 payments) - Global Outdoor Media Ltd: £8,086 (5 payments) - Hull & East Yorkshire Credit Union: £7,475 (6 payments) - DSCM Limited: £7,308 (1 payment) - Wild Edric Media Ltd: £6,870 (1 payment) - Explode Social Media Limited: £6,000 (1 payment) - Northfield Community Partnership Ltd: £5,000 (1 payment) **Conferences and events: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as a conference, seminar, exhibition, event or venue hire. - Charterd Trading Standards Institute: £2,910 (1 payment) - Pitch 2 Progress CIC: £800 (1 payment) - Norton Hall Children & Family Centre: £500 (1 payment) - New Hope Global: £500 (1 payment) **Travel and accommodation: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as travel, fares, flights, subsistence or hotels. Homeless and temporary accommodation, and home to school and client transport, are left out. - West Midlands Travel Limited: £525,437 (18 payments) - Take Me Group (Birmingham) Limited: £114,643 (54 payments) - Touchwood Private Hire Ltd: £101,434 (53 payments) - T O A Taxis (Radio System) Ltd: £21,358 (25 payments) - Elite Radio Cars Ltd: £21,106 (28 payments) - Green Destinations Ltd: £7,894 (3 payments) - PA Community Trust: £7,424 (2 payments) - Shencare Community Transport: £5,413 (8 payments) - Back Care Solutions Limited: £850 (1 payment) - Open Awards: £700 (1 payment) **Catering and hospitality: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as catering, hospitality or refreshments. School meals are left out. - Nobisco Limited: £15,461 (23 payments) ## Spending by the council's own service areas **Birmingham: payments by service area, as the council labels them** - 1. Adult Social Care & Health Directorate £511,307,422 52588 payments - 2. City Housing Directorate £419,577,514 8523 payments - 3. City Ops Directorate £395,042,234 23743 payments - 4. Children and Families Directorate £195,826,628 4537 payments - 5. Finance £123,438,870 7540 payments - 6. Place, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate £81,384,547 4356 payments - 7. HR, OD and Transformation £68,126,857 719 payments - 8. Adults Social Care Directorate £45,223,091 4723 payments - 9. Strategy, Insight and Governance Deputy CE £24,412,441 2827 payments - 10. Council Managament £7,711,320 34 payments - 11. Places, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate £6,805,445 328 payments - 12. Council Management £1,507,667 32 payments - 13. Finance Control- Monitoring £391,301 8 payments - 14. Finance Control- Other £122,060 3 payments - 15. Birmingham City Council Directorate Dir £8,262 2 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Adult Social Care & Health Directorate | £511,307,422 | | 2. City Housing Directorate | £419,577,514 | | 3. City Ops Directorate | £395,042,234 | | 4. Children and Families Directorate | £195,826,628 | | 5. Finance | £123,438,870 | | 6. Place, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate | £81,384,547 | | 7. HR, OD and Transformation | £68,126,857 | | 8. Adults Social Care Directorate | £45,223,091 | | 9. Strategy, Insight and Governance Deputy CE | £24,412,441 | | 10. Council Managament | £7,711,320 | | 11. Places, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate | £6,805,445 | | 12. Council Management | £1,507,667 | | 13. Finance Control- Monitoring | £391,301 | | 14. Finance Control- Other | £122,060 | | 15. Birmingham City Council Directorate Dir | £8,262 | | 16. Non-BCC N2 - Finance Control- Other | £4,804 | | 17. Non-BCC N2 - Adults Social Care Dir | £502 | ## Who is paid for grounds, street cleaning, roads and bins? The suppliers paid most for each kind of work, where the council's own labels say what the payment was for (our matching). A council that does the work with its own staff pays mostly wages, which are not in this data, so a short list here can mean the work is done in-house. **Parks and open spaces (including play areas): largest suppliers** - 1. Haystoun Construction Ltd £2,240,711 118 payments - 2. Gristwood and Toms Limited £1,673,980 16 payments - 3. Acivico (Design, Construction and Facilities Management) Limited £869,394 249 payments - 4. CTS Environmental Management Limited £782,639 16 payments - 5. RMF (Landscaping) Ltd £591,044 173 payments - 6. West Mercia Energy £454,675 270 payments - 7. T. H. White Limited £450,611 119 payments - 8. Tudor (UK) Ltd £356,925 72 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Haystoun Construction Ltd | £2,240,711 | | 2. Gristwood and Toms Limited | £1,673,980 | | 3. Acivico (Design, Construction and Facilities Management) Limited | £869,394 | | 4. CTS Environmental Management Limited | £782,639 | | 5. RMF (Landscaping) Ltd | £591,044 | | 6. West Mercia Energy | £454,675 | | 7. T. H. White Limited | £450,611 | | 8. Tudor (UK) Ltd | £356,925 | | 9. OCS Group UK Limited | £346,805 | | 10. Certas Energy UK Ltd | £270,301 | ## Consultancy and agency against the pay bill Payments we classify as consultancy and agency staff came to **15.7%** of Birmingham's own staff costs in its 2025-26 revenue return, against a median of 8.6% for the other metropolitan borough councils read so far. The payments and the staff costs come from different sources and periods, so this is a guide to scale. ## Search every payment Searching needs JavaScript. Every payment is in [one JSON file](/data/spend500/tx/E08000025.json). Every payment, as the council published it, is in [one JSON file](/data/spend500/tx/E08000025.json); the search can download any selection as CSV. ## What this data does and doesn't show - It is the council's own record of payments of £500 or more. It leaves out salaries, most staff costs and many internal costs, so it is not the council's whole spending. - Descriptions are the council's own and vary in quality; some are codes, some are blank, and some supplier names are withheld to protect individuals. - A large payment to one supplier is often a routine instalment on a long contract that was tendered openly. - The categories and the matching to services are this site's classification from keywords, not the council's. The rules are on the [methodology page](/methodology/#spend-over-500). ## Sources Birmingham, spending over £500, [published here](https://cityobservatory.birmingham.gov.uk/explore/assets/payments-to-suppliers-over-gbp500/). Licence as the council states it: Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 2026-09-24; files read 2026-09-29. **Every file read (1)** - [export](https://cityobservatory.birmingham.gov.uk/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/payments-to-suppliers-over-gbp500/exports/csv?delimiter=%2C&where=date%3E%3Ddate'2025-07-01'): 119,659 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. ## Related pages - [Back to Council spending over £500](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/spending-over-500/) - [How much is council tax and what does it pay for?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/council-tax/) - [Who is my MP, and what does their office cost?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/mps/) - [Where does my tax money actually go?](https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/for-every-100-pounds-of-tax/) ## More from this publisher - [UK tax calculators](https://howlongisit.co.uk) Published by [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). 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