Total Spend
£204.4m
Apr 2019 — Dec 2025
// CouncilScope Portal
Preston City Council spend intelligence
Server-rendered analytics powered by ingested council transparency data.
Transactions
45.6k
Rows ingested into CouncilScope
Suppliers
2.5k
Distinct normalized supplier names
// Council Coverage
Councils on platform
Coverage expands as new council datasets are added and ingested.
Preston City Council
£204,423,239
// Category Distribution
Where spend is concentrated
Category leaderboard for the currently selected council and discovery filters.
Other£74,764,409 (7142)
Grants & Contributions£28,597,821 (1582)
Contracted Services£22,831,645 (1013)
Professional Services£17,090,363 (4256)
Supplies & Equipment£12,634,134 (6677)
Transport & Vehicles£9,200,175 (2384)
Staffing & HR£8,403,528 (8120)
IT & Technology£7,081,091 (1385)
Facilities & Maintenance£5,424,330 (4292)
Property & Premises£5,172,173 (2681)
Utilities£5,171,423 (1770)
Communications & Marketing£3,945,579 (3791)
Waste & Environment£3,376,201 (426)
Financial & Insurance£730,342 (110)
Children & Education£25 (1)
// Monthly Trend
Spend by month
Latest monthly totals across currently ingested council datasets.
Jan 2025£2,661,436
Feb 2025£2,568,812
Mar 2025£5,002,960
Apr 2025£4,752,116
May 2025£2,863,220
Jun 2025£5,724,136
Jul 2025£5,764,555
Aug 2025£3,471,855
Sept 2025£2,630,675
Oct 2025£3,649,289
Nov 2025£3,620,358
Dec 2025£2,543,914
// Supplier Concentration
Top suppliers
Suppliers ranked by aggregate spend value across ingested councils.
| Supplier | Transactions | Total Spend |
|---|---|---|
| MAPLE GROVE DEVELOPMENTS | 92 | £31,542,129 |
| LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | 449 | £27,939,539 |
| CONLON CONSTRUCTION LTD | 110 | £10,644,869 |
| ERIC WRIGHT CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD | 129 | £6,678,393 |
| ZURICH MUNICIPAL | 121 | £5,285,920 |
| MATRIX SCM LTD | 5262 | £4,516,245 |
| SOFTCAT LIMITED | 228 | £4,156,755 |
| PRESTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED | 1 | £3,593,422 |
| FAUN ZOELLER (UK) LTD | 19 | £3,208,733 |
| STANDARD FUEL OILS LTD | 155 | £3,105,283 |