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Cheltenham: spending over £500

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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

  1. Septpublished
  2. Octpublished
  3. Novpublished
  4. Decpublished
  5. Janpublished
  6. Febpublished
  7. Marpublished
  8. Aprpublished
  9. Maypublished
  10. Junpublished
  11. Julpublished
  12. 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

Cheltenham: the 50 suppliers paid most, September 2025 to August 2026
SupplierPaidPayments
Ubico Limited
Details
£12,311,63985
Payments
85
Persimmon Homes South Midlands
Details
£7,249,6514
Payments
4
Names withheld by the council
Details
£6,565,496411
Payments
411
Ian Williams Limited
Details
£5,398,652147
Payments
147
Lovell Partnerships Limited
Details
£4,974,37944
Payments
44
Speller Metcalfe Living Ltd
Details
£2,017,27710
Payments
10
Joyner P A Ltd
Details
£1,785,29935
Payments
35
Romaquip UK
Details
£1,667,7849
Payments
9
HBD Golden Valley Limited
Details
£1,659,1461
Payments
1
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Details
£1,459,36332
Payments
32
Bryt Energy Limited
Details
£1,427,659330
Payments
330
Publica Group (Support) Limited
Details
£1,197,27114
Payments
14
British Gas Social Housing Ltd t/a PH Jones
Details
£1,030,211203
Payments
203
Travis Perkins Trading Co. Limited
Details
£1,005,756114
Payments
114
Cheltenham Bid Limited
Details
£648,06812
Payments
12
The Cheltenham Trust
Details
£634,86222
Payments
22
Marsh Limited
Details
£618,6544
Payments
4
Newland Homes Limited
Details
£564,2745
Payments
5
LivGreen Futures Limited
Details
£506,2104
Payments
4
Totalenergies Gas & Power Limited
Details
£493,122191
Payments
191
James A Cuthbertson Ltd
Details
£482,9333
Payments
3
Snape Contracting Services Limited
Details
£445,37556
Payments
56
Stock Sweepers Limited
Details
£423,4052
Payments
2
Trustmarque Solutions Limited
Details
£394,57711
Payments
11
Allhands Limited T/A Harrold Jones Services
Details
£381,07130
Payments
30
Ardagh Management Limited
Details
£325,92019
Payments
19
Civica UK Limited
Details
£321,9114
Payments
4
Longlevens Building & Roofing Limited
Details
£314,17722
Payments
22
Gloucestershire County Council
Details
£288,54223
Payments
23
Amelio Utilities (Gloucester) Ltd T/A 3 Counties Drain Services
Details
£250,54234
Payments
34
Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish council CIL payment
Details
£243,7761
Payments
1
Shield Electrical Services Ltd
Details
£240,90626
Payments
26
Cardo (Wales & West) Limited
Details
£224,2439
Payments
9
R F Gardiner Limited T/as Gardiners
Details
£195,72177
Payments
77
Water Plus
Details
£192,906210
Payments
210
MD Building Services Limited
Details
£192,7288
Payments
8
Groves Building Services Ltd
Details
£185,19518
Payments
18
Smith's (Gloucester) Limited
Details
£182,600130
Payments
130
EDF ENERGY
Details
£173,82513
Payments
13
Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
Details
£173,1344
Payments
4
Petersfield Grant Payment 3rd installment
Details
£167,2903
Payments
3
BPE SOLICITORS LLP
Details
£167,00613
Payments
13
Idox Software Limited
Details
£164,6898
Payments
8
Sanderson Weatherall LLP
Details
£160,6035
Payments
5
Prospect Builders Services
Details
£157,75011
Payments
11
The Surveying Practice Limited - Business Account
Details
£154,67548
Payments
48
South West Audit Partnership Limited (SWAP)
Details
£144,1654
Payments
4
FPWC Ltd
Details
£142,9105
Payments
5
Woods Building Services Ltd t/a A A Woods
Details
£142,13084
Payments
84
S3k Ltd
Details
£138,6253
Payments
3

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.

Cheltenham: payments by category (our classification)
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Cheltenham: payments by category (our classification)
NamePaid
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.

  1. Tewkesbury Borough Council: £1,459,363 (32 payments)
  2. Gloucestershire County Council: £288,542 (23 payments)
  3. Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish council CIL payment: £243,776 (1 payment)
  4. Gloucester City Council: £83,607 (9 payments)
  5. Charlton Kings Parish Council (Treasurers Account): £49,159 (1 payment)
  6. Stroud District Council: £47,158 (4 payments)
  7. Leckhampton with Warden Hill Parish Council: £39,429 (1 payment)
  8. Prestbury Parish Council: £25,389 (1 payment)
  9. Gloucestershire Rural Community Council: £24,130 (4 payments)
  10. 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.

  1. BPE SOLICITORS LLP: £167,006 (13 payments)
  2. Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP: £75,636 (17 payments)
  3. Trowers & Hamlins LLP: £55,140 (12 payments)
  4. Sharpe Pritchard LLP: £33,175 (12 payments)
  5. First Dispute Management Ltd t/a FDM Solicitors: £13,500 (2 payments)
  6. Grass Roots Planning Ltd: £4,986 (1 payment)
  7. Geldards LLP: £3,518 (2 payments)
  8. Ashfords LLP: £2,500 (1 payment)
  9. Pinsent Masons LLP: £2,008 (2 payments)
  10. 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.

  1. South West Audit Partnership Limited (SWAP): £144,165 (4 payments)
  2. Names withheld by the council: £59,763 (15 payments)
  3. Bloom Procurement Services Limited: £52,632 (1 payment)
  4. Education Host Ltd: £46,676 (11 payments)
  5. GCHQ: £44,316 (1 payment)
  6. Severn Signs Ltd: £41,062 (17 payments)
  7. Savills (UK) Limited: £38,516 (2 payments)
  8. Purcell Architecture Ltd: £35,000 (2 payments)
  9. Greenacre Recruitment Ltd: £34,069 (11 payments)
  10. 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.

  1. Trustmarque Solutions Limited: £394,577 (11 payments)
  2. Civica UK Limited: £321,911 (4 payments)
  3. Idox Software Limited: £164,689 (8 payments)
  4. Aareon UK Ltd: £123,506 (15 payments)
  5. Dell Corporation Limited: £79,060 (9 payments)
  6. LinchPin Networks Limited: £42,841 (24 payments)
  7. Conscia Group UK Ltd T/A Conscia: £28,423 (5 payments)
  8. Connexica Limited: £27,661 (1 payment)
  9. BRITISH TELECOM: £26,496 (3 payments)
  10. 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.

  1. S3k Ltd: £138,625 (3 payments)
  2. John F Hunt Power Ltd: £41,626 (8 payments)
  3. Names withheld by the council: £25,687 (13 payments)
  4. Tetra Tech Ltd: £22,050 (3 payments)
  5. MOTIVE PICTURES: £18,090 (2 payments)
  6. Grassform Plant Hire Limited: £12,345 (5 payments)
  7. Global Media Group Services Limited: £11,167 (6 payments)
  8. TFN Landscapes Limited: £7,395 (1 payment)
  9. Artworks Design Consultants (Cheltenham) Limited: £6,813 (6 payments)
  10. 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.

  1. Lloyds Corporate Credit Card - Cyber UK conference: £2,048 (2 payments)
  2. Lloyds Corporate Credit card - Premier Inn - Cyber UK: £1,785 (1 payment)
  3. Local Government Association (LGA): £1,647 (1 payment)
  4. Bournemouth Convention Bureau Limited: £1,323 (2 payments)
  5. Names withheld by the council: £659 (1 payment)
  6. 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.

  1. 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
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Cheltenham: payments by service area, as the council labels them
NamePaid
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
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Parks and open spaces (including play areas): largest suppliers
NamePaid
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
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Street cleaning: largest suppliers
NamePaid
1. Broxap Limited (Street Furniture)£32,000
Waste collection: largest suppliers
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Waste collection: largest suppliers
NamePaid
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.

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.

Sources

Cheltenham, spending over £500, published here. Licence as the council states it: not stated. Checked 2026-09-24; files read 2026-09-29.

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