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What councils in England published about payments to this supplier. Every figure below is a lower bound and is written as one.
What is held for this supplier
At least £7,466,116 across 82 councils since 2013/14
This is a lower bound, not a total. It adds up only the councils and financial years listed under what contributed, and inside those only the payments each council chose to publish above its own publication threshold. Every council outside that list has paid this supplier an amount nobody has added up. So the figure is written "at least".
- Canonical id
- bibliotheca
- Councils that published a payment
- 82
- Payments published
- 1,199
- Latest year held
- 2026/27
What each council published, by year
| Council | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | All years held | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £360 | n/a | £360 | 2 |
| Barnsley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,380 | £8,018 | £6,609 | £5,549 | £6,189 | £14k | n/a | £42k | 11 |
| Bath & North East Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,264 | £3,704 | n/a | £7,968 | 3 |
| Bexley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,787 | £11k | £10k | £25k | 8 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £34k | £4,240 | £11k | £3,893 | £4,088 | £28k | n/a | £85k | 19 |
| Blackpool | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £144k | £11k | n/a | £155k | 3 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £17k | £1,150 | £19k | £37k | 19 |
| Bracknell Forest | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £23k | £26k | n/a | £49k | 4 |
| Bradford Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £29k | £11k | £850 | n/a | £82k | n/a | n/a | £123k | 20 |
| Brent | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,810 | £17k | £17k | £36k | 5 |
| Brighton & Hove | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £153k | n/a | n/a | £153k | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £13k | £17k | £14k | £44k | 13 |
| Calderdale | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £18k | £6,275 | £80k | £29k | £17k | £14k | £18k | n/a | £182k | 63 |
| Cambridgeshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £13k | n/a | n/a | £13k | 6 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £151k | n/a | £123k | £275k | 25 |
| City of London | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,914 | n/a | £6,914 | 1 |
| Cornwall Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £17k | £2,390 | n/a | n/a | £20k | 3 |
| Coventry City Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £16k | £1,610 | n/a | £18k | 5 |
| Croydon | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £25k | £22k | n/a | £47k | 3 |
| Darlington | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £5,250 | n/a | £5,250 | 2 |
| Derby City | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,299 | £2,391 | n/a | £4,690 | 2 |
| Derbyshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,393 | £30k | £23k | n/a | £55k | 32 |
| Doncaster | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | £5,964 | n/a | £18k | 3 |
| Dorset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £22k | n/a | n/a | £22k | 2 |
| Ealing | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £863 | £6,613 | £14k | £510 | £31k | £16k | n/a | n/a | £70k | 23 |
| East Sussex County Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,441 | £2,808 | £5,947 | £509 | n/a | £13k | 16 |
| Essex | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,477 | £385k | £112k | £97k | £138k | £84k | £102k | n/a | £925k | 143 |
| Gateshead | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £9,851 | £16k | n/a | £4,351 | £7,173 | £1,253 | £25k | n/a | £64k | 54 |
| Gloucestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £128k | £54k | £11k | £193k | 26 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £14k | £13k | n/a | £27k | 5 |
| Hampshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £44k | £22k | n/a | £66k | 4 |
| Havering | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £9,085 | £11k | n/a | £20k | 3 |
| Hertfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £95k | £86k | £3,002 | £184k | 28 |
| Isle of Wight | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £784 | £836 | £407 | £2,027 | 28 |
| Islington | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £44k | £23k | n/a | £67k | 4 |
| Kent | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £516k | £800 | £517k | 6 |
| Kingston Upon Thames | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £11k | n/a | n/a | £11k | 1 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £657 | n/a | £657 | 1 |
| Knowsley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,528 | £3,669 | £5,816 | £5,343 | £18k | 6 |
| Lancashire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £29k | £115k | £78k | £223k | 8 |
| Leeds | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £9,128 | n/a | n/a | £9,128 | 16 |
| Leicester City | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £18k | £20k | £17k | £55k | 5 |
| Leicestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £86k | £43k | £129k | 5 |
| Merton | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £123k | £1,267 | £124k | 5 |
| Milton Keynes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £25k | n/a | £20k | £45k | 4 |
| Newcastle City Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £750 | £430 | £788 | £1,259 | n/a | £3,227 | 5 |
| Newham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £800 | £31k | £33k | £65k | 3 |
| Norfolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £85k | £21k | £24k | £91k | £222k | 29 |
| North Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £27k | £12k | n/a | £39k | 41 |
| North Yorkshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £48k | n/a | n/a | £48k | 3 |
| Oxfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,931 | £65k | £94k | £56k | £218k | 33 |
| Plymouth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £430 | n/a | £430 | 1 |
| Reading | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £20k | £33k | £52k | 4 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £10k | n/a | £9,812 | £20k | 4 |
| Rochdale | £3,553 | n/a | £3,660 | £5,555 | £7,892 | £5,561 | £7,143 | £53k | £5,077 | £75k | £24k | £275 | £23k | n/a | £215k | 54 |
| Salford | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £55k | n/a | £55k | 1 |
| Sandwell | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £35k | £29k | £45k | £36k | £48k | £45k | £19k | n/a | £259k | 32 |
| Sheffield | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,035 | n/a | n/a | £2,035 | 1 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £42k | £2,927 | £20k | £17k | £11k | £13k | n/a | £107k | 34 |
| Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,000 | £4,400 | £80k | £85k | 34 |
| South Gloucestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £42k | £63k | n/a | £105k | 13 |
| Southwark | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | n/a | n/a | £12k | 9 |
| St Helens | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,060 | n/a | £2,060 | 5 |
| Staffordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £60k | £34k | £94k | 10 |
| Stockport | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £5,474 | £83k | £48k | n/a | £137k | 27 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £10k | £7,592 | £18k | 3 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £14k | £21k | n/a | £35k | 6 |
| Sunderland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,179 | £1,726 | £7,404 | £1,831 | £2,294 | £120k | £1,500 | £26k | £163k | 15 |
| Surrey | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £15k | £56k | n/a | £71k | 12 |
| Swindon | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £10k | £12k | n/a | £22k | 3 |
| Telford & the Wrekin | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £40k | n/a | £40k | 1 |
| Thurrock | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £15k | £34k | n/a | n/a | £50k | 4 |
| Tower Hamlets | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £127k | n/a | £7,078 | £7,558 | £1,550 | £14k | £14k | n/a | £172k | 25 |
| Wakefield | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £41k | £8,750 | £23k | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £73k | 23 |
| Waltham Forest | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8,851 | £6,525 | n/a | £15k | 2 |
| Warrington | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £14k | £7,513 | n/a | £22k | 2 |
| Warwickshire | n/a | £1,930 | £44k | £41k | £91k | £14k | £71k | £3,000 | £19k | £225k | £30k | £22k | £28k | n/a | £590k | 99 |
| West Northamptonshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £44k | £49k | n/a | £93k | 8 |
| Westminster | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £30k | n/a | £30k | 1 |
| Wigan Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £10k | £9,350 | n/a | £20k | 2 |
| Wiltshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £47k | n/a | £47k | 3 |
| Wirral | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £80k | n/a | n/a | £80k | 1 |
These councils are not comparable with one another. They hold different numbers of years, publish above different thresholds and buy different things, so a larger figure here means more was published and read, not that one council spent more freely than another. An empty cell is a year not held, never a year of nothing.
The largest payments published
| Council | Date | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 3 Sept 2025 | £428,100 | CRS Library Information Systems |
| Brighton & Hove | 3 Apr 2024 | £152,607 | n/a |
| Blackpool | 23 Sept 2024 | £143,040 | Library Service - 3 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 7 Jun 2024 | £122,199 | n/a |
| Merton | 6 Feb 2026 | £108,600 | 170000 Education |
| Lancashire | 1 Apr 2025 | £90,410 | n/a |
| Kent | 3 Sept 2025 | £85,800 | CRS Library Information Systems |
| Norfolk | 13 Apr 2026 | £82,334 | n/a |
| Wirral | 8 Apr 2024 | £80,448 | Computer - Hardware |
| Sunderland | 3 Jan 2025 | £79,795 | VEHICLES, PLANT, FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT |
| Lancashire | 22 Apr 2026 | £78,451 | n/a |
| Hertfordshire | 22 Aug 2025 | £74,753 | n/a |
| Norfolk | 19 Mar 2024 | £72,207 | n/a |
| Hertfordshire | 7 Aug 2024 | £69,999 | n/a |
| Bradford Council | 19 Apr 2024 | £56,940 | n/a |
| Oxfordshire | 1 Apr 2024 | £56,720 | Bibliotheca Ltd |
| Salford | 17 Nov 2025 | £55,490 | Purchase of Furniture & Equipment |
| Essex | 6 Jan 2026 | £55,171 | IT COSTS |
| Essex | 18 Jan 2024 | £55,042 | IT COSTS |
| Essex | 19 Feb 2025 | £55,042 | IT COSTS |
A description is the council's own wording on the row. A large single payment is often a scheduled settlement of many smaller invoices, and this site does not know which of these are.
Which councils and years contributed
Covers 82 councils and 14 financial years in the AI DOGE corpus. Councils and years not listed have not been ingested and are not zero.
Financial years held: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27.
Councils that contributed: Barnet, Barnsley, Bath & North East Somerset, Bexley, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bracknell Forest, Bradford Council, Brent, Brighton & Hove, Buckinghamshire, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire West and Chester, City of London, Cornwall Council, Coventry City Council, Croydon, Darlington, Derby City, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Dorset, Ealing, East Sussex County Council, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hampshire, Havering, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kent, Kingston-upon-Hull, Kingston Upon Thames, Knowsley, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Merton, Milton Keynes, Newcastle City Council, Newham, Norfolk, North Somerset, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Plymouth, Reading, Redcar & Cleveland, Rochdale, Salford, Sandwell, Sheffield, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southwark, St Helens, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Surrey, Swindon, Telford & the Wrekin, Thurrock, Tower Hamlets, Wakefield, Waltham Forest, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Northamptonshire, Westminster, Wigan Council, Wiltshire, Wirral.
A council that is not on this list has not been ingested for this supplier. That is a statement about this site's holdings and not about the council, and it is never a zero.
The council pages behind these figures
Every figure above was read off one council's own published payment file. Each council page carries what is held for it, when its files were last read, and its own publication threshold.
- Barnet spending
- Barnsley spending
- Bath & North East Somerset spending
- Bexley spending
- Blackburn with Darwen spending
- Blackpool spending
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole spending
- Bracknell Forest spending
- Bradford Council spending
- Brent spending
- Brighton & Hove spending
- Buckinghamshire spending
- Calderdale spending
- Cambridgeshire spending
- Cheshire West and Chester spending
- City of London spending
- Cornwall Council spending
- Coventry City Council spending
- Croydon spending
- Darlington spending
- Derby City spending
- Derbyshire spending
- Doncaster spending
- Dorset spending
- Ealing spending
- East Sussex County Council spending
- Essex spending
- Gateshead spending
- Gloucestershire spending
- Hammersmith & Fulham spending
- Hampshire spending
- Havering spending
- Hertfordshire spending
- Isle of Wight spending
- Islington spending
- Kent spending
- Kingston-upon-Hull spending
- Kingston Upon Thames spending
- Knowsley spending
- Lancashire spending
- Leeds spending
- Leicester City spending
- Leicestershire spending
- Merton spending
- Milton Keynes spending
- Newcastle City Council spending
- Newham spending
- Norfolk spending
- North Somerset spending
- North Yorkshire spending
- Oxfordshire spending
- Plymouth spending
- Reading spending
- Redcar & Cleveland spending
- Rochdale spending
- Salford spending
- Sandwell spending
- Sheffield spending
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council spending
- Somerset spending
- South Gloucestershire spending
- Southwark spending
- St Helens spending
- Staffordshire spending
- Stockport spending
- Stockton-on-Tees spending
- Stoke-on-Trent spending
- Sunderland spending
- Surrey spending
- Swindon spending
- Telford & the Wrekin spending
- Thurrock spending
- Tower Hamlets spending
- Wakefield spending
- Waltham Forest spending
- Warrington spending
- Warwickshire spending
- West Northamptonshire spending
- Westminster spending
- Wigan Council spending
- Wiltshire spending
- Wirral spending
- Every public body on this site
- Money moving between public bodies
How this page was built
A supplier gets a page of its own when ten or more councils published a payment to it, or when at least £10m was published to it in a single financial year. That cut is a size, not a judgement, and it is applied the same way to every supplier.
Names are matched across councils by a canonical form of the supplier string each council published. Two councils spelling the same company differently are joined; a company and its subsidiary are not, unless the councils wrote the same name. Payments a council withheld are counted in that council's own totals and are on no page as a name. A Companies House number, where one is shown, comes from this site's own name match and plays no part in joining councils' payments together.
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