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Wiltshire: spending over £500

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Wiltshire published 72,124 payments of £500 or more between September 2025 and August 2026, worth £828.9m in all, to 2,977 suppliers. The largest total went to M Group Highways: £42.8m across 1596 payments. These are the council's own published records; the gaps in them are listed below.

Key figures

  • £828.9mPaid in payments of £500 or more, latest year
  • 72,124Payments
  • 2,977Suppliers
  • 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:

  • The council publishes payments over £250; those under £500 are left out here so councils compare on the same footing.
  • 3.4% of payments (£8,528,496) have the supplier name withheld or redacted by the council, usually because the payee is an individual.
  • The index page blocks automated requests, so the file list is kept by hand and goes out of date.
  • Could not be refreshed on 2026-09-29 (None of its files could be read: HTTP 403 Forbidden.); these are the figures from the last successful read.

Top 50 suppliers by value

Wiltshire: the 50 suppliers paid most, September 2025 to August 2026
SupplierPaidPayments
M Group Highways
Details
£42,843,8171,596
Payments
1,596
Hills Waste Solutions Limited
Details
£38,677,890188
Payments
188
The Orders of St John Care Trust
Details
£27,949,101156
Payments
156
Hills Municipal Collections Ltd
Details
£22,958,646123
Payments
123
Alliance Leisure Ltd
Details
£20,595,66020
Payments
20
M J Church Plant Ltd
Details
£18,242,38019
Payments
19
RWK Goodman
Details
£18,066,53066
Payments
66
Kier Facilities Services Ltd
Details
£15,684,920603
Payments
603
AtkinsRealis Ltd
Details
£12,739,291808
Payments
808
Tarmac Trading Ltd
Details
£12,123,225246
Payments
246
Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd
Details
£11,681,36724
Payments
24
White Horse Education Partnership
Details
£9,913,14981
Payments
81
Go South Coast (was Tourist Coaches)
Details
£9,785,869534
Payments
534
Aspris Children's Services
Details
£9,453,177217
Payments
217
HCRG Care Services Ltd
Details
£9,259,60533
Payments
33
Kiely Bros Ltd
Details
£8,554,753275
Payments
275
Names withheld by the council
Details
£8,528,4962,461
Payments
2,461
Voyage DCA Wiltshire
Details
£8,237,882286
Payments
286
Turning Point_134580
Details
£7,148,321116
Payments
116
FCC Recycling (UK) Ltd
Details
£7,094,87326
Payments
26
West Mercia Energy
Details
£6,984,4441,427
Payments
1,427
Wessex Care Ltd
Details
£6,859,96171
Payments
71
Wessex Electricals (Shaftesbury) Ltd
Details
£6,355,6211,661
Payments
1,661
Barchester Healthcare
Details
£6,172,575197
Payments
197
idverde
Details
£6,166,05359
Payments
59
Redcliffe Homes Ltd
Details
£6,033,68822
Payments
22
Ubico Limited
Details
£4,969,0659
Payments
9
Cornerstones UK Ltd_110620
Details
£4,837,60570
Payments
70
Silbury Housing Ltd (Proceeds Account)
Details
£4,772,92912
Payments
12
Achieve Together Services Ltd
Details
£4,760,841180
Payments
180
Brunel Education
Details
£4,749,91549
Payments
49
Milestones Trust
Details
£4,486,786176
Payments
176
Ian Williams Ltd
Details
£4,287,31488
Payments
88
RedJacket Specialist Care
Details
£4,254,443206
Payments
206
Innovations Wiltshire Ltd
Details
£4,172,487138
Payments
138
Dimensions UK Ltd
Details
£3,997,11128
Payments
28
J V Pickford T/A Faresaver Buses
Details
£3,839,277268
Payments
268
Choice Care Group
Details
£3,760,401184
Payments
184
E W Beard Holdings Ltd
Details
£3,511,89031
Payments
31
Ultima Business Solutions Ltd
Details
£3,465,88535
Payments
35
Goughs Solicitors
Details
£3,398,03826
Payments
26
Lorne Stewart PLC
Details
£3,345,871194
Payments
194
Agincare Enable Ltd
Details
£3,270,01029
Payments
29
Acorn Care and Education Ltd
Details
£3,242,053127
Payments
127
HC-ONE Limited
Details
£3,230,81669
Payments
69
Spaghetti Bridge Ltd
Details
£3,111,378131
Payments
131
Usherline Limited
Details
£3,062,68617
Payments
17
Spurgeons
Details
£3,007,8996
Payments
6
24x7 Limited
Details
£2,970,289908
Payments
908
RSMHC A Mencap
Details
£2,913,99734
Payments
34

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.

Wiltshire: payments by category (our classification)
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Wiltshire: payments by category (our classification)
NamePaid
1. Consultancy and agency staff£41,312,588
2. Large outsourcing and contracting firms£36,981,133
3. Payments to other councils and public bodies£12,555,659
4. IT and software£11,507,713
5. Legal fees£9,302,123
6. Communications and PR£752,114
7. Conferences and events£5,705
8. Catering and hospitality£2,431
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. Devizes Town Council: £2,001,440 (30 payments)
  2. Wiltshire Pension Fund - NOT IC: £1,894,581 (20 payments)
  3. Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: £1,583,403 (41 payments)
  4. NHS Banes Swindon and Wiltshire ICB: £844,086 (6 payments)
  5. Dorset Council: £822,697 (6 payments)
  6. Chippenham Town Council: £725,627 (21 payments)
  7. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust: £536,278 (13 payments)
  8. Purton Parish Council: £526,721 (5 payments)
  9. Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust: £438,228 (30 payments)
  10. Swindon Borough Council_112624: £322,998 (14 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.

  1. Kier Facilities Services Ltd: £15,684,920 (603 payments)
  2. Tarmac Trading Ltd: £12,123,225 (246 payments)
  3. idverde: £6,166,053 (59 payments)
  4. Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd: £2,863,769 (12 payments)
  5. Veolia ES (UK) Ltd: £96,578 (24 payments)
  6. Serco Limited: £34,875 (6 payments)
  7. G4S Secure Solutions: £11,712 (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.

  1. Goughs Solicitors: £3,398,038 (26 payments)
  2. Bevan Brittan LLP: £1,307,248 (6 payments)
  3. Devonshires Solicitors LLP: £1,131,245 (3 payments)
  4. Bonallack & Bishop Solicitors: £866,842 (6 payments)
  5. Names withheld by the council: £591,736 (277 payments)
  6. Lyons Bowe Solicitors: £530,025 (2 payments)
  7. Ranson Houghton Solicitors: £144,000 (1 payment)
  8. Landmark Chambers: £138,247 (20 payments)
  9. Capsticks Solicitors LLP: £118,313 (42 payments)
  10. Hugh James Solicitors: £92,287 (51 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.

  1. Redcliffe Homes Ltd: £6,006,488 (21 payments)
  2. Silbury Housing Ltd (Proceeds Account): £4,772,929 (12 payments)
  3. Rollalong Ltd: £2,903,522 (24 payments)
  4. Bellway Homes Ltd Wessex: £1,634,420 (9 payments)
  5. Comensura Ltd: £1,541,657 (30 payments)
  6. Renelec Contracting Ltd: £1,519,327 (13 payments)
  7. Stone Circle Development Company: £1,467,200 (3 payments)
  8. Matrix SCM Ltd: £1,263,072 (23 payments)
  9. Rigg Construction Southern Ltd: £1,195,371 (16 payments)
  10. Newland Homes Ltd: £1,167,192 (11 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.

  1. Ultima Business Solutions Ltd: £3,465,885 (35 payments)
  2. Insight Direct UK Ltd: £1,689,335 (16 payments)
  3. British Telecommunications PLC_138227: £812,606 (16 payments)
  4. Liquidlogic Ltd: £498,131 (3 payments)
  5. Arcus Global Limited: £411,227 (9 payments)
  6. Redrock Consulting Ltd: £396,450 (8 payments)
  7. Access UK Ltd: £249,699 (4 payments)
  8. ESRI UK Ltd: £236,874 (1 payment)
  9. NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd: £230,482 (10 payments)
  10. Softcat Plc: £229,645 (9 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. PeopleScout Limited: £302,106 (153 payments)
  2. People Asset Management Ltd: £170,088 (23 payments)
  3. The Hundred Hands: £46,280 (7 payments)
  4. Newsquest Media Group Ltd: £44,808 (27 payments)
  5. Mumsnet Limited: £24,000 (2 payments)
  6. Eye Airports Current: £21,600 (1 payment)
  7. Longleat Enterprises Ltd: £18,654 (2 payments)
  8. Big Wave Media Ltd: £15,509 (17 payments)
  9. Reward Gateway UK Ltd: £13,440 (2 payments)
  10. Names withheld by the council: £10,788 (1 payment)
Conferences and events: largest suppliers

The council describes the payment as a conference, seminar, exhibition, event or venue hire.

  1. Orchard Restaurant: £4,464 (2 payments)
  2. Local Government Association_122918: £1,241 (1 payment)
Catering and hospitality: largest suppliers

The council describes the payment as catering, hospitality or refreshments. School meals are left out.

  1. Terrace View Café: £1,500 (1 payment)
  2. Blast Event Hire: £931 (1 payment)

Spending by the council's own service areas

Wiltshire: payments by service area, as the council labels them
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Wiltshire: payments by service area, as the council labels them
NamePaid
1. Capital Project Codes£214,096,915
2. 18+ Care£107,593,274
3. LDAS and Moving On Service£88,332,662
4. Waste Services£73,467,890
5. SEND Placements£46,520,339
6. Placements£26,160,385
7. SEND Inclusion£21,304,285
8. Better Care Fund£15,950,297
9. Operational Portfolio (FM)£15,579,205
10. PFI£14,801,669
11. Mental Health Adults of Working Age£13,907,337
12. Bus Network Manager£13,634,877
13. Mental Health Older People£12,331,088
14. Mainstream Education Transport£10,213,040
15. Local Highways & Streetscene£9,664,566
16. Information Services£9,398,073
17. Highways Assets Manager£9,155,398
18. HRA Repairs & Maintenance£8,498,604
19. Maternal & Children's Health£8,000,133
20. Targeted Other£7,486,751
21. Children in Care£7,084,282
22. Adults Loans£6,545,420
23. PP Community Protection£6,431,434
24. Rights of Way & Countryside£6,395,763
25. SEN Social Care£4,993,687

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. idverde£6,088,501
2. AtkinsRealis Ltd£90,712
3. Awdry Law£55,623
4. Conservation Contractors£54,638
5. Chippenham Town Council£43,826
6. Young Johnson Monumental Masons£43,140
7. T J Allard Fencing Contractor£37,524
8. Tytherton Hay & Straw Ltd£24,000
9. Names withheld by the council£20,704
10. Purton Parish Council£17,483

Consultancy and agency against the pay bill

Payments we classify as consultancy and agency staff came to 11.7% of Wiltshire's own staff costs in its 2025-26 revenue return, against a median of 5.2% for the other unitary 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

Wiltshire, spending over £500, published here. Licence as the council states it: Open Government Licence v3.0. Checked 2026-09-24; files read 2026-09-24.

Every file read (12)
  • 2026-08 (2026-08), file dated 2026-09-17: 5,665 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-07 (2026-07), file dated 2026-08-07: 6,680 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-06 (2026-06), file dated 2026-07-16: 5,917 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-05 (2026-05), file dated 2026-06-15: 5,872 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-04 (2026-04), file dated 2026-05-11: 6,000 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-03 (2026-03), file dated 2026-04-09: 6,581 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-02 (2026-02), file dated 2026-03-11: 6,120 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2026-01 (2026-01), file dated 2026-02-10: 5,672 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2025-12 (2025-12), file dated 2026-01-09: 6,240 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2025-11 (2025-11), file dated 2025-12-10: 5,393 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2025-10 (2025-10), file dated 2025-11-05: 6,237 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.
  • 2025-09 (2025-09), file dated 2025-10-24: 5,747 payments of £500 or more. Read 2026-09-24.

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