# Liverpool: spending over £500 url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/councils/spending-over-500/liverpool/ 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) # Liverpool: spending over £500 Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). Liverpool published **172,871 payments** of £500 or more between July 2025 and June 2026, worth **£850.2m** in all, to 3,070 suppliers. The largest total went to LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTH: £36.9m across 25 payments. These are the council's own published records; the gaps in them are listed below. ## Key figures - £850.2mPaid in payments of £500 or more, latest year - 172,871Payments - 3,070Suppliers - 12 of 12Months with payments published ## What the council published - Julpublished - Augpublished - Septpublished - Octpublished - Novpublished - Decpublished - Janpublished - Febpublished - Marpublished - Aprpublished - Maypublished - Junpublished **Gaps and problems in the data, as published:** - 9.0% of payments (£32,049,986) have the supplier name withheld or redacted by the council, usually because the payee is an individual. - 5158 credits and refunds (negative amounts, £27,973,222 in all) are included, so totals are net. ## Top 50 suppliers by value Search | Supplier | Paid | Payments | | --- | --- | --- | | LIVERPOOL CITY REGION COMBINED AUTHDetails | £36,932,934 | 25 | | Payments25 | | | | *Names withheld by the council*Details | £32,049,986 | 15,483 | | Payments15,483 | | | | MERSEYSIDE WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITYDetails | £26,125,952 | 9 | | Payments9 | | | | MATRIX SCM LTDDetails | £20,910,768 | 19,106 | | Payments19,106 | | | | LIVERPOOL STREETSCENE SERVICES LIMIDetails | £17,867,588 | 177 | | Payments177 | | | | LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS SERVICES LTD VARIDetails | £17,497,760 | 138 | | Payments138 | | | | LIVERPOOL WATERS FINANCE LTDDetails | £16,204,778 | 8 | | Payments8 | | | | MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTDetails | £15,887,142 | 34 | | Payments34 | | | | PERK UK LIMITED (CLICK TRAVEL)Details | £15,344,537 | 8,924 | | Payments8,924 | | | | TRAVEL.CLOUD t/a CLICK TRAVEL LTDDetails | £13,643,688 | 7,323 | | Payments7,323 | | | | AUTISM INITIATIVESDetails | £13,321,589 | 5,734 | | Payments5,734 | | | | DOWHIGH LTDDetails | £12,010,577 | 66 | | Payments66 | | | | COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CAREDetails | £11,872,137 | 3,108 | | Payments3,108 | | | | CHANGE GROW LIVE SERVICES LTDDetails | £11,615,013 | 20 | | Payments20 | | | | PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BOARDDetails | £10,857,681 | 9 | | Payments9 | | | | HUYTON ASPHALT LTDDetails | £10,300,244 | 43 | | Payments43 | | | | EDF ENERGY CUSTOMERS LIMITEDDetails | £8,940,267 | 95 | | Payments95 | | | | ACCOMPLISH GROUP LTD - BIRMINGHAMDetails | £8,710,426 | 2,518 | | Payments2,518 | | | | INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP GP LTDDetails | £7,537,724 | 12 | | Payments12 | | | | LIVERPOOL YMCA (SP)Details | £7,137,735 | 15 | | Payments15 | | | | LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHSDetails | £7,006,472 | 66 | | Payments66 | | | | BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES MERSEYDetails | £6,277,515 | 2,612 | | Payments2,612 | | | | ALTERNATIVE FUTURES GROUPDetails | £6,182,346 | 1,003 | | Payments1,003 | | | | GLENELG SUPPORT LIMITEDDetails | £5,982,146 | 1,648 | | Payments1,648 | | | | NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE ICBDetails | £5,370,753 | 31 | | Payments31 | | | | EDUCATION SOLUTIONS SPEKE LIMITEDDetails | £5,125,947 | 25 | | Payments25 | | | | A1 TAXIS (FIRMDIAL LTD/RAREHIRE LTDDetails | £5,117,094 | 21 | | Payments21 | | | | COMPUTER CAB (LIVERPOOL) LTDDetails | £5,072,120 | 115 | | Payments115 | | | | HC ONE LTDDetails | £4,811,436 | 1,485 | | Payments1,485 | | | | LIVERPOOL BID COMPANYDetails | £4,248,595 | 28 | | Payments28 | | | | PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTDDetails | £3,981,492 | 66 | | Payments66 | | | | ADVINIA CARE HOMESDetails | £3,875,691 | 1,254 | | Payments1,254 | | | | BEDSPACE RESOURCE LTDDetails | £3,820,621 | 840 | | Payments840 | | | | MORGAN SINDALL PLCDetails | £3,816,595 | 14 | | Payments14 | | | | WINGS CARE NORTH WEST LLPDetails | £3,757,864 | 521 | | Payments521 | | | | PSS UKDetails | £3,738,057 | 4,172 | | Payments4,172 | | | | SLC RAGLIN LTDDetails | £3,734,905 | 902 | | Payments902 | | | | SHC CARE SERVICES LTDDetails | £3,725,005 | 178 | | Payments178 | | | | MEDILINE SUPPORTED LIVING LTDDetails | £3,690,582 | 1,447 | | Payments1,447 | | | | COMFORT CALL LTDDetails | £3,402,673 | 3,170 | | Payments3,170 | | | | BIRTENSHAW MERSEYSIDEDetails | £3,394,233 | 569 | | Payments569 | | | | TOTAL ENERGIES GAS & POWER LTDDetails | £3,310,419 | 494 | | Payments494 | | | | INDEPENDENT LIVING ALLIANCEDetails | £3,269,719 | 515 | | Payments515 | | | | KAVANAGH HEALTH CARE LTDDetails | £3,092,729 | 228 | | Payments228 | | | | MERSEYSIDE PENSION FUNDDetails | £3,027,891 | 21 | | Payments21 | | | | MHCLGDetails | £3,000,000 | 1 | | Payments1 | | | | HUYTON ASPHALT CIVILS LTDDetails | £2,981,067 | 48 | | Payments48 | | | | LOTUS CARE (FINCH MANOR) LIMITEDDetails | £2,979,833 | 922 | | Payments922 | | | | TURNER HOMEDetails | £2,921,932 | 474 | | Payments474 | | | | ESTUARY HOUSE (WILSHIRE HEALTHCAREDetails | £2,905,029 | 468 | | Payments468 | | | ## 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). **Liverpool: payments by category (our classification)** - 1. Consultancy and agency staff £52,981,049 22107 payments - 2. Payments to other councils and public bodies £40,859,397 403 payments - 3. Travel and accommodation £27,294,342 16202 payments - 4. IT and software £12,962,080 853 payments - 5. Large outsourcing and contracting firms £6,093,350 117 payments - 6. Legal fees £5,384,584 680 payments - 7. Catering and hospitality £278,207 238 payments - 8. Communications and PR £144,383 104 payments - 9. Conferences and events £139,926 68 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Consultancy and agency staff | £52,981,049 | | 2. Payments to other councils and public bodies | £40,859,397 | | 3. Travel and accommodation | £27,294,342 | | 4. IT and software | £12,962,080 | | 5. Large outsourcing and contracting firms | £6,093,350 | | 6. Legal fees | £5,384,584 | | 7. Catering and hospitality | £278,207 | | 8. Communications and PR | £144,383 | | 9. Conferences and events | £139,926 | **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. - MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST: £15,887,142 (34 payments) - LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS: £7,006,472 (66 payments) - NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE ICB: £5,370,753 (31 payments) - MERSEYSIDE PENSION FUND: £3,027,891 (21 payments) - MERSEYSIDE PLAY ACTION COUNCIL: £2,340,656 (13 payments) - WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL: £1,212,024 (19 payments) - ALDER HEY CHILDRENS NHS FOUNDATION: £612,853 (25 payments) - West Yorkshire Combined Authority: £606,164 (1 payment) - WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY: £480,000 (1 payment) - SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL: £452,500 (1 payment) **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. - MORGAN SINDALL PLC: £3,816,595 (14 payments) - COLAS LIMITED: £608,018 (9 payments) - VINCI CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITED: £498,667 (1 payment) - KIER PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED: £488,736 (3 payments) - KIER BUSINESS SERVICES LTD: £361,516 (39 payments) - AMEY OW LTD: £206,822 (32 payments) - G4S CASH SERVICES (UK) LTD: £68,928 (12 payments) - VEOLIA ES BIRMINGHAM LIMITED: £40,430 (3 payments) - SODEXO: £2,441 (2 payments) - GLENDALE PRESENTATION SOLUTIONS LTD: £1,199 (2 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. - Names withheld by the council: £4,330,750 (645 payments) - TLT Solicitors: £729,496 (1 payment) - BEVAN BRITTAN LLP: £106,951 (7 payments) - WEIGHTMANS LLP: £73,191 (14 payments) - PINSENT MASONS LLP: £61,120 (1 payment) - Simpsons Solicitors Ltd: £35,000 (1 payment) - Weightmans LLP Client Acc: £12,000 (1 payment) - Irwin Mitchell LLP: £6,300 (1 payment) - TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP: £5,553 (2 payments) - Satchell Moran Solicitors: £5,000 (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. - MATRIX SCM LTD: £20,910,768 (19106 payments) - EDUCATION SOLUTIONS SPEKE LIMITED: £5,125,947 (25 payments) - SHC CARE SERVICES LTD: £3,201,150 (90 payments) - ATKINSREALIS LIMITED: £1,361,135 (55 payments) - ANGEL SOLUTIONS UK - LANGLEY GROUP: £1,291,108 (43 payments) - ERNST & YOUNG LLP: £1,222,661 (10 payments) - INNER CIRCLE CONSULTING LTD: £1,177,830 (39 payments) - VERAN PERFORMANCE LTD: £868,388 (5 payments) - LOCAL SOLUTIONS: £789,665 (12 payments) - ARGYLE SATELLITE CONTRACT SERVICES: £699,111 (55 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. - PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD: £3,981,492 (66 payments) - LIVITY LIFE LTD: £2,898,039 (13 payments) - INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LIMITED: £1,493,853 (339 payments) - CIVICA UK LTD (ICON): £658,092 (23 payments) - DAISY CHAIN NURSERY WALTON LTD: £578,631 (53 payments) - VIRGIN MEDIA LTD: £435,965 (44 payments) - SOFTCAT LTD: £433,836 (26 payments) - LIQUIDLOGIC LTD: £359,604 (6 payments) - NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LTD: £349,808 (12 payments) - BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES: £236,801 (43 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. - REACH PUBLISHING SERVICES LIMITED: £128,754 (90 payments) - POINT THIRTEEN MEDIA LTD: £6,025 (8 payments) - Bridebook Ltd: £4,380 (2 payments) - REDACTIVE EVENTS LTD: £2,695 (2 payments) - Jumping Jacks: £1,750 (1 payment) - SPPHPT Trading Company LTD: £779 (1 payment) **Conferences and events: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as a conference, seminar, exhibition, event or venue hire. - MERSEYTRAVEL: £44,620 (2 payments) - ARENA AND CONVENTION CENTRE LIVERPO: £25,736 (7 payments) - ALLPAY.NET LTD: £11,034 (4 payments) - NML TRADING LTD: £5,858 (1 payment) - INSTITUTE OF REVENUES RATING AND: £5,634 (8 payments) - LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: £5,020 (4 payments) - HEMMING GROUP LTD: £3,750 (1 payment) - SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LIVERPOOL LTD: £3,537 (3 payments) - Dr Lisa Cherry: £3,365 (1 payment) - The Care Leaders: £3,200 (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. - PERK UK LIMITED (CLICK TRAVEL): £14,678,542 (8910 payments) - TRAVEL.CLOUD t/a CLICK TRAVEL LTD: £12,562,890 (7283 payments) - ARRIVA NORTH WEST LTD: £48,000 (3 payments) - Censored - Personal Info: £3,030 (3 payments) - MerseyTravel: £798 (1 payment) - Mr Lee Skelhorn: £580 (1 payment) - Names withheld by the council: £502 (1 payment) **Catering and hospitality: largest suppliers** The council describes the payment as catering, hospitality or refreshments. School meals are left out. - BRAKE BROS LTD: £123,769 (140 payments) - LWC DRINKS LTD: £86,515 (50 payments) - CONTAINER CARE SOLUTIONS LTD: £23,250 (11 payments) - TOTALLY D'VINE CATERING LTD: £10,050 (2 payments) - SUPERIOR CATERING LTD: £5,904 (4 payments) - THE BUTTY BOYS LTD: £4,785 (1 payment) - NISBETS PLC: £3,371 (5 payments) - SUGAR & LIME LTD: £2,951 (3 payments) - CULLIGAN (UK) LTD: £2,750 (1 payment) - DCE COMMERCIAL ENGINEERS LTD: £1,903 (1 payment) ## Spending by the council's own service areas **Liverpool: payments by service area, as the council labels them** - 1. Adult Services & Health £344,155,037 113000 payments - 2. Children & Young People Services £150,100,646 23742 payments - 3. Neighbourhoods £132,567,891 25292 payments - 4. Corporate Mgt £63,947,129 61 payments - 5. Capital Regen £63,788,274 973 payments - 6. City Development £30,018,337 5015 payments - 7. Finance & Resources £16,720,849 2218 payments - 8. External Interest Payable £15,194,460 30 payments - 9. Capital Education £11,934,593 271 payments - 10. Strategy & Change Directorate £9,970,984 1523 payments - 11. Liverpool BID £4,248,595 28 payments - 12. Collection Fund Sundry £3,194,878 11 payments - 13. Capital Central £2,247,783 352 payments - 14. City Law & Governance £1,834,119 324 payments - 15. Capital Leisure Services £82,074 28 payments **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. Adult Services & Health | £344,155,037 | | 2. Children & Young People Services | £150,100,646 | | 3. Neighbourhoods | £132,567,891 | | 4. Corporate Mgt | £63,947,129 | | 5. Capital Regen | £63,788,274 | | 6. City Development | £30,018,337 | | 7. Finance & Resources | £16,720,849 | | 8. External Interest Payable | £15,194,460 | | 9. Capital Education | £11,934,593 | | 10. Strategy & Change Directorate | £9,970,984 | | 11. Liverpool BID | £4,248,595 | | 12. Collection Fund Sundry | £3,194,878 | | 13. Capital Central | £2,247,783 | | 14. City Law & Governance | £1,834,119 | | 15. Capital Leisure Services | £82,074 | | 16. Capital Resources | £58,937 | ## 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. **Road and bridge maintenance: largest suppliers** - 1. HUYTON ASPHALT LTD £971,007 8 payments - 2. LIVERPOOL STREETSCENE SERVICES LIMI £786,993 6 payments - 3. J MCCANN & CO LTD £772,580 6 payments - 4. DOWHIGH LTD £714,294 8 payments - 5. YUNEX LTD £90,825 1 payment - 6. TEMPLE CIVILS LTD £3,864 2 payments - 7. SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD £1,423 1 payment **Show as a table** | Name | Paid | | --- | --- | | 1. HUYTON ASPHALT LTD | £971,007 | | 2. LIVERPOOL STREETSCENE SERVICES LIMI | £786,993 | | 3. J MCCANN & CO LTD | £772,580 | | 4. DOWHIGH LTD | £714,294 | | 5. YUNEX LTD | £90,825 | | 6. TEMPLE CIVILS LTD | £3,864 | | 7. SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD | £1,423 | ## Consultancy and agency against the pay bill Payments we classify as consultancy and agency staff came to **8.6%** of Liverpool's own staff costs in its 2025-26 revenue return, against a median of 9.6% 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/E08000012.json). Every payment, as the council published it, is in [one JSON file](/data/spend500/tx/E08000012.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 Liverpool, spending over £500, [published here](https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/spending-and-performance/transparency-in-local-government/). Licence as the council states it: not stated. Checked 2026-09-24; files read 2026-09-29. **Every file read (13)** - [Download this document : Expenditure report June 2026 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/wzphqqvf/over-500-june-2026.xlsx) (2026-06), file dated 2026-09-07: 15,038 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report May 2026 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/lj0dwrmk/over-500-may-2026.xlsx) (2026-05), file dated 2026-09-07: 15,040 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report April 2026 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/1gti5vvq/over-500-april.xlsx) (2026-04), file dated 2026-09-07: 14,079 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report March 2026 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/ptdj4glf/march-2026-over-500-report.xlsx) (2026-03), file dated 2026-09-07: 16,313 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report February 2026 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/ascozcpw/february-2026-over-500-report.xlsx) (2026-02), file dated 2026-09-07: 13,936 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report January 2026 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/bszpmapk/january-2026-over-500-report.csv) (2026-01), file dated 2026-09-07: 15,055 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report December 2025 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/2fyp4qyz/december-2025-over-500-report.xlsx) (2025-12), file dated 2026-04-27: 19,059 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report November 2025 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/2uhjw5zp/over-500-final-report-november-25.xlsx) (2025-11), file dated 2026-01-05: 14,910 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report October 2025 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/huof5oue/over-500-final-report-october-25.xlsx) (2025-10), file dated 2025-12-11: 14,001 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report September 2025 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/2cfj2qlw/september-over-500-report.xlsx) (2025-09), file dated 2025-11-13: 12,734 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report June 2025 (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/5t1juwtw/over-500-june.csv) (2025-06), file dated 2025-08-08: 12,932 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report August (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/otjd5s2z/aug-over-500.xlsx), file dated 2025-10-20: 13,175 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-29. - [Download this document : Expenditure report July (XLS)](https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/p25pnqsg/july-over-500.xlsx), file dated 2025-10-20: 13,435 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). 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