# Cheltenham: spending over £500 url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/spending-over-500/cheltenham/ 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) # Cheltenham: spending over £500 Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). Cheltenham published **5,529 payments** of £500 or more between September 2025 and August 2026, worth **£70.2m** in all, to 714 suppliers. The largest total went to Ubico Limited: £12.3m across 85 payments. These are the council's own published records; the gaps in them are listed below. ## Key figures - £70.2mPaid in payments of £500 or more, latest year - 5,529Payments - 714Suppliers - 12 of 12Months with payments published ## What the council published - Septpublished - Octpublished - Novpublished - Decpublished - Janpublished - Febpublished - Marpublished - Aprpublished - Maypublished - Junpublished - Julpublished - Augpublished **Gaps and problems in the data, as published:** - 7.4% of payments (£6,565,496) have the supplier name withheld or redacted by the council, usually because the payee is an individual. - 56 credits and refunds (negative amounts, £368,124 in all) are included, so totals are net. ## Top 50 suppliers by value Search | Supplier | Paid | Payments | | --- | --- | --- | | Ubico LimitedDetails | £12,311,639 | 85 | | Payments85 | | | | Persimmon Homes South MidlandsDetails | £7,249,651 | 4 | | Payments4 | | | | *Names withheld by the council*Details | £6,565,496 | 411 | | Payments411 | | | | Ian Williams LimitedDetails | £5,398,652 | 147 | | Payments147 | | | | Lovell Partnerships LimitedDetails | £4,974,379 | 44 | | Payments44 | | | | Speller Metcalfe Living LtdDetails | £2,017,277 | 10 | | Payments10 | | | | Joyner P A LtdDetails | £1,785,299 | 35 | | Payments35 | | | | Romaquip UKDetails | £1,667,784 | 9 | | Payments9 | | | | HBD Golden Valley LimitedDetails | £1,659,146 | 1 | | Payments1 | | | | Tewkesbury Borough CouncilDetails | £1,459,363 | 32 | | Payments32 | | | | Bryt Energy LimitedDetails | £1,427,659 | 330 | | Payments330 | | | | Publica Group (Support) LimitedDetails | £1,197,271 | 14 | | Payments14 | | | | British Gas Social Housing Ltd t/a PH JonesDetails | £1,030,211 | 203 | | Payments203 | | | | Travis Perkins Trading Co. LimitedDetails | £1,005,756 | 114 | | Payments114 | | | | Cheltenham Bid LimitedDetails | £648,068 | 12 | | Payments12 | | | | The Cheltenham TrustDetails | £634,862 | 22 | | Payments22 | | | | Marsh LimitedDetails | £618,654 | 4 | | Payments4 | | | | Newland Homes LimitedDetails | £564,274 | 5 | | Payments5 | | | | LivGreen Futures LimitedDetails | £506,210 | 4 | | Payments4 | | | | Totalenergies Gas & Power LimitedDetails | £493,122 | 191 | | Payments191 | | | | James A Cuthbertson LtdDetails | £482,933 | 3 | | Payments3 | | | | Snape Contracting Services LimitedDetails | £445,375 | 56 | | Payments56 | | | | Stock Sweepers LimitedDetails | £423,405 | 2 | | Payments2 | | | | Trustmarque Solutions LimitedDetails | £394,577 | 11 | | Payments11 | | | | Allhands Limited T/A Harrold Jones ServicesDetails | £381,071 | 30 | | Payments30 | | | | Ardagh Management LimitedDetails | £325,920 | 19 | | Payments19 | | | | Civica UK LimitedDetails | £321,911 | 4 | | Payments4 | | | | Longlevens Building & Roofing LimitedDetails | £314,177 | 22 | | Payments22 | | | | Gloucestershire County CouncilDetails | £288,542 | 23 | | Payments23 | | | | Amelio Utilities (Gloucester) Ltd T/A 3 Counties Drain ServicesDetails | £250,542 | 34 | | Payments34 | | | | Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish council CIL paymentDetails | £243,776 | 1 | | Payments1 | | | | Shield Electrical Services LtdDetails | £240,906 | 26 | | Payments26 | | | | Cardo (Wales & West) LimitedDetails | £224,243 | 9 | | Payments9 | | | | R F Gardiner Limited T/as GardinersDetails | £195,721 | 77 | | Payments77 | | | | Water PlusDetails | £192,906 | 210 | | Payments210 | | | | MD Building Services LimitedDetails | £192,728 | 8 | | Payments8 | | | | Groves Building Services LtdDetails | £185,195 | 18 | | Payments18 | | | | Smith's (Gloucester) LimitedDetails | £182,600 | 130 | | Payments130 | | | | EDF ENERGYDetails | £173,825 | 13 | | Payments13 | | | | Bishop Fleming Audit LimitedDetails | £173,134 | 4 | | Payments4 | | | | Petersfield Grant Payment 3rd installmentDetails | £167,290 | 3 | | Payments3 | | | | BPE SOLICITORS LLPDetails | £167,006 | 13 | | Payments13 | | | | Idox Software LimitedDetails | £164,689 | 8 | | Payments8 | | | | Sanderson Weatherall LLPDetails | £160,603 | 5 | | Payments5 | | | | Prospect Builders ServicesDetails | £157,750 | 11 | | Payments11 | | | | The Surveying Practice Limited - Business AccountDetails | £154,675 | 48 | | Payments48 | | | | South West Audit Partnership Limited (SWAP)Details | £144,165 | 4 | | Payments4 | | | | FPWC LtdDetails | £142,910 | 5 | | Payments5 | | | | Woods Building Services Ltd t/a A A WoodsDetails | £142,130 | 84 | | Payments84 | | | | S3k LtdDetails | £138,625 | 3 | | Payments3 | | | ## 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). **Cheltenham: payments by category (our classification)** - 1. Payments to other councils and public bodies £2,185,733 95 payments - 2. IT and software £1,375,598 157 payments - 3. Consultancy and agency staff £993,966 232 payments - 4. Legal fees £359,877 66 payments - 5. Communications and PR £324,167 90 payments - 6. Conferences and events £8,013 8 payments - 7. Catering and hospitality £1,375 1 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Payments to other councils and public bodies | £2,185,733 | | 2. IT and software | £1,375,598 | | 3. Consultancy and agency staff | £993,966 | | 4. Legal fees | £359,877 | | 5. Communications and PR | £324,167 | | 6. Conferences and events | £8,013 | | 7. Catering and hospitality | £1,375 | **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. - Tewkesbury Borough Council: £1,459,363 (32 payments) - Gloucestershire County Council: £288,542 (23 payments) - Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish council CIL payment: £243,776 (1 payment) - Gloucester City Council: £83,607 (9 payments) - Charlton Kings Parish Council (Treasurers Account): £49,159 (1 payment) - Stroud District Council: £47,158 (4 payments) - Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish Council: £39,429 (1 payment) - Prestbury Parish Council: £25,389 (1 payment) - Gloucestershire Rural Community Council: £24,130 (4 payments) - West Oxfordshire District Council: £16,034 (3 payments) **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. - BPE SOLICITORS LLP: £167,006 (13 payments) - Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP: £75,636 (17 payments) - Trowers & Hamlins LLP: £55,140 (12 payments) - Sharpe Pritchard LLP: £33,175 (12 payments) - First Dispute Management Ltd t/a FDM Solicitors: £13,500 (2 payments) - Grass Roots Planning Ltd: £4,986 (1 payment) - Geldards LLP: £3,518 (2 payments) - Ashfords LLP: £2,500 (1 payment) - Pinsent Masons LLP: £2,008 (2 payments) - Redmans Ltd T/A Redmans Solicitors: £750 (1 payment) **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. - South West Audit Partnership Limited (SWAP): £144,165 (4 payments) - Names withheld by the council: £59,763 (15 payments) - Bloom Procurement Services Limited: £52,632 (1 payment) - Education Host Ltd: £46,676 (11 payments) - GCHQ: £44,316 (1 payment) - Severn Signs Ltd: £41,062 (17 payments) - Savills (UK) Limited: £38,516 (2 payments) - Purcell Architecture Ltd: £35,000 (2 payments) - Greenacre Recruitment Ltd: £34,069 (11 payments) - Budden Consultancy Ltd: £30,000 (1 payment) **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. - Trustmarque Solutions Limited: £394,577 (11 payments) - Civica UK Limited: £321,911 (4 payments) - Idox Software Limited: £164,689 (8 payments) - Aareon UK Ltd: £123,506 (15 payments) - Dell Corporation Limited: £79,060 (9 payments) - LinchPin Networks Limited: £42,841 (24 payments) - Conscia Group UK Ltd T/A Conscia: £28,423 (5 payments) - Connexica Limited: £27,661 (1 payment) - BRITISH TELECOM: £26,496 (3 payments) - Zurich Insurance plc (Zurich Municipal): £22,282 (2 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. - S3k Ltd: £138,625 (3 payments) - John F Hunt Power Ltd: £41,626 (8 payments) - Names withheld by the council: £25,687 (13 payments) - Tetra Tech Ltd: £22,050 (3 payments) - MOTIVE PICTURES: £18,090 (2 payments) - Grassform Plant Hire Limited: £12,345 (5 payments) - Global Media Group Services Limited: £11,167 (6 payments) - TFN Landscapes Limited: £7,395 (1 payment) - Artworks Design Consultants (Cheltenham) Limited: £6,813 (6 payments) - Tetra Tech Environment Planning Transport Limited: £6,775 (1 payment) **Conferences and events: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as a conference, seminar, exhibition, event or venue hire. - Lloyds Corporate Credit Card - Cyber UK conference: £2,048 (2 payments) - Lloyds Corporate Credit card - Premier Inn - Cyber UK: £1,785 (1 payment) - Local Government Association (LGA): £1,647 (1 payment) - Bournemouth Convention Bureau Limited: £1,323 (2 payments) - Names withheld by the council: £659 (1 payment) - Midlands Parks Forum: £552 (1 payment) **Catering and hospitality: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as catering, hospitality or refreshments. School meals are left out. - Cheltenham Leisure and Culture Limited: £1,375 (1 payment) ## Spending by the council's own service areas **Cheltenham: payments by service area, as the council labels them** - 1. Household Waste £12,214,873 19 payments - 2. Development costs - S106 Swindon Farm £7,899,352 27 payments - 3. Internal Improvements £3,178,389 55 payments - 4. Vehicles & recycling equipment £3,074,679 25 payments - 5. Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Collection Account £2,777,722 21 payments - 6. Social Housing Decarbonisation 1 £2,770,152 38 payments - 7. Response Repairs £2,273,598 714 payments - 8. External Improvements £2,221,021 37 payments - 9. Development costs - 320 Swindon Road £2,080,538 25 payments - 10. Kitchen Improvements £1,988,047 11 payments - 11. Repairs and Maintenance £1,824,777 326 payments - 12. GV Innovation Centre £1,659,146 1 payments - 13. CAH100 - Property Acquisitions £1,630,119 24 payments - 14. Publica Business Support Contract £1,197,271 14 payments - 15. Disabled Facility Grants £1,064,127 125 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Household Waste | £12,214,873 | | 2. Development costs - S106 Swindon Farm | £7,899,352 | | 3. Internal Improvements | £3,178,389 | | 4. Vehicles & recycling equipment | £3,074,679 | | 5. Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Collection Account | £2,777,722 | | 6. Social Housing Decarbonisation 1 | £2,770,152 | | 7. Response Repairs | £2,273,598 | | 8. External Improvements | £2,221,021 | | 9. Development costs - 320 Swindon Road | £2,080,538 | | 10. Kitchen Improvements | £1,988,047 | | 11. Repairs and Maintenance | £1,824,777 | | 12. GV Innovation Centre | £1,659,146 | | 13. CAH100 - Property Acquisitions | £1,630,119 | | 14. Publica Business Support Contract | £1,197,271 | | 15. Disabled Facility Grants | £1,064,127 | | 16. Recreation Centre Repairs & Maintenance | £1,014,410 | | 17. Legal | £833,255 | | 18. Supervision and Management | £796,975 | | 19. Adaptations for the Disabled (CBC) | £762,175 | | 20. Fire Protection | £756,634 | | 21. Cemetery, Crematorium and Churchyards | £748,678 | | 22. Community Welfare Grants | £632,846 | | 23. Major Voids | £629,957 | | 24. Cultural - Service Management and Support Services | £628,081 | | 25. Cheltenham Business Improvement District (BID) Levy | £600,468 | ## 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. Dean Martin Contractors Limited £45,706 10 payments - 2. Greenfields Garden Services Limited £44,113 12 payments - 3. Names withheld by the council £43,362 23 payments - 4. Watkins Iles Limited £35,168 14 payments - 5. Home Farm Nurseries (Pinvin) Limited £33,467 3 payments - 6. R F Gardiner Limited T/as Gardiners £29,955 8 payments - 7. J. Matthews Landcapes Ltd £23,495 10 payments - 8. Cheltenham Surfacing Co Limited £23,260 5 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Dean Martin Contractors Limited | £45,706 | | 2. Greenfields Garden Services Limited | £44,113 | | 3. Names withheld by the council | £43,362 | | 4. Watkins Iles Limited | £35,168 | | 5. Home Farm Nurseries (Pinvin) Limited | £33,467 | | 6. R F Gardiner Limited T/as Gardiners | £29,955 | | 7. J. Matthews Landcapes Ltd | £23,495 | | 8. Cheltenham Surfacing Co Limited | £23,260 | | 9. Bryt Energy Limited | £20,798 | | 10. Boverton Nurseries Ltd | £19,541 | **Street cleaning: largest suppliers** - 1. Broxap Limited (Street Furniture) £32,000 1 payment **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Broxap Limited (Street Furniture) | £32,000 | **Waste collection: largest suppliers** - 1. Gloucestershire County Council £185,396 6 payments - 2. P W Commercial Co Limited T/A Printwaste £1,775 2 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Gloucestershire County Council | £185,396 | | 2. P W Commercial Co Limited T/A Printwaste | £1,775 | ## Consultancy and agency against the pay bill Payments we classify as consultancy and agency staff came to **6.6%** of Cheltenham's own staff costs in its 2025-26 revenue return, against a median of 18.1% for the other district councils in England 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/E07000078.json). Every payment, as the council published it, is in [one JSON file](/data/spend500/tx/E07000078.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 Cheltenham, spending over £500, [published here](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/about-the-council/council-performance-and-spending/financial-information/payments-to-suppliers-and-procurement-card-purchases/). Licence as the council states it: not stated. Checked 2026-09-24; files read 2026-09-29. **Every file read (13)** - [August 2026 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 132 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/0dkj5lv5/august_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-08), file dated 2026-09-28: 451 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [July 2026 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 126 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/cmwbu1kv/july_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-07), file dated 2026-08-27: 487 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [June 2026 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 114 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/h3tpfrcy/june_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-06), file dated 2026-08-03: 411 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [May 2026 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 133 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/130kp3fn/may_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-05), file dated 2026-08-07: 503 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [April 2026 Bank Payments (CSV) - csv - 109 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/wdngpgvs/april_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-04), file dated 2026-06-05: 395 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [March 2026 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 119 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/iyjaqcao/march_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-03), file dated 2026-05-05: 456 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [February 2026 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 116 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/ja1jve5v/february_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-02), file dated 2026-04-01: 413 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [January 2026 Bank Payments (CSV) - csv - 130 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/vfnk3awr/january_2026_bank_payments.csv) (2026-01), file dated 2026-03-05: 488 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [December 2025 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 117 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/talfbcqf/december2025_bank_payments.csv) (2025-12), file dated 2026-02-09: 411 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [November 2025 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 124 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/gbdf4m4y/november_2025_bank_payments.csv) (2025-11), file dated 2026-02-09: 448 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [October 2025 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 148 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/a1tmapqz/october_2025_payments_to_suppliers.csv) (2025-10), file dated 2026-02-09: 547 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [September 2025 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 133 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/51id4plc/september_2025_bank_payments.csv) (2025-09), file dated 2026-02-09: 528 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [August 2025 bank payments (CSV) - csv - 126 Kb](https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/media/czzmcvxl/august_2025_bank_payments.csv) (2025-08), file dated 2026-02-09: 429 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). 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). The figures belong to the publishers listed under Sources and are used under their licences. Figures last updated 29 September 2026.