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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 £672,181 across 46 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
- guardian-news-and-media
- Councils that published a payment
- 46
- Payments published
- 177
- Latest year held
- 2026/27
What each council published, by year
| Council | 2013/14 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £899 | n/a | n/a | £899 | 1 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,215 | £1,725 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,940 | 7 |
| Blackpool | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £690 | n/a | £690 | 1 |
| Brent | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £14k | £14k | £28k | 2 |
| Calderdale | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,250 | n/a | £975 | £575 | £1,150 | £575 | n/a | n/a | £5,525 | 8 |
| 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 | £575 | n/a | £575 | 1 |
| Cornwall Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £45k | £26k | £24k | n/a | £95k | 9 |
| Crawley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | n/a | n/a | £975 | 1 |
| Croydon | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | £8,873 | £8,873 | n/a | £19k | 3 |
| Dartford | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,643 | n/a | n/a | £2,643 | 3 |
| Devon County Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,665 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,665 | 2 |
| Dorset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | n/a | n/a | £975 | 1 |
| Essex | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,050 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,050 | 1 |
| Folkestone & Hythe | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,170 | n/a | n/a | £1,170 | 1 |
| Gateshead | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,093 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,093 | 1 |
| Hampshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £44k | £1,968 | n/a | £46k | 4 |
| Isle of Wight | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £18k | £13k | £1,002 | £32k | 29 |
| Islington | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,278 | £4,075 | n/a | £10k | 13 |
| Kirklees | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £575 | n/a | £575 | 1 |
| Lancashire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £575 | n/a | n/a | £575 | 1 |
| Lancashire PCC | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | 1 |
| Leeds | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,150 | n/a | n/a | £1,150 | 2 |
| Leicester City | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | n/a | £975 | 1 |
| Medway Towns | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,150 | n/a | n/a | £1,150 | 2 |
| Merton | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £690 | £17k | n/a | £18k | 4 |
| Newcastle City Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | £975 | n/a | £1,950 | 2 |
| Newham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,325 | n/a | n/a | £2,325 | 2 |
| North East Lincolnshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,779 | n/a | n/a | £2,779 | 1 |
| Northumberland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | n/a | n/a | £975 | 1 |
| Oxfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £975 | £7,950 | n/a | n/a | £8,925 | 4 |
| Plymouth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,023 | n/a | n/a | £3,023 | 2 |
| Rochdale | £6,376 | £3,800 | £5,160 | £3,150 | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,075 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £21k | 15 |
| Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,865 | £4,649 | £8,299 | £20k | 17 |
| South Oxfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £575 | n/a | £575 | 1 |
| Southwark | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8,400 | n/a | n/a | £8,400 | 1 |
| Sunderland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | 2 |
| Surrey | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £82k | £80k | n/a | £161k | 2 |
| Test Valley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,525 | n/a | £2,525 | 3 |
| Torbay | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,740 | n/a | n/a | £3,740 | 1 |
| Wandsworth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £64k | £55k | n/a | £119k | 5 |
| Warwickshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | £680 | £3,300 | £1,100 | £1,100 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,180 | 4 |
| West Lancashire | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,100 | n/a | £7,456 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | 3 |
| Wiltshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £690 | n/a | £690 | 1 |
| Wirral | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £690 | n/a | n/a | £690 | 1 |
| Wyre | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,000 | 1 |
| York | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,828 | £3,625 | n/a | £6,453 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | 29 May 2024 | £81,600 | n/a |
| Surrey | 16 Jun 2025 | £79,500 | n/a |
| Wandsworth | 3 Jul 2025 | £50,276 | n/a |
| Wandsworth | 2 Sept 2024 | £45,356 | n/a |
| Hampshire | 23 Apr 2024 | £25,100 | Staff Advertising - General |
| Cornwall Council | 27 Apr 2023 | £25,000 | Miscellaneous Expenditure |
| Cornwall Council | 15 Jul 2025 | £23,550 | CFS SLT |
| Cornwall Council | 17 Sept 2024 | £23,000 | Recruitment Advertising - Other |
| Hampshire | 26 Mar 2025 | £19,360 | Staff Advertising - General |
| Brent | 2 Apr 2025 | £14,000 | Schools Hr |
| Brent | 20 Apr 2026 | £14,000 | Recruitment Service |
| Cornwall Council | 27 Apr 2023 | £12,797 | Miscellaneous Expenditure |
| Wandsworth | 28 May 2024 | £9,504 | n/a |
| Wandsworth | 22 Apr 2024 | £9,240 | n/a |
| Croydon | 2 Apr 2024 | £8,873 | CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION |
| Croydon | 14 May 2025 | £8,873 | 0 |
| Southwark | 12 Jun 2024 | £8,400 | n/a |
| West Lancashire | 30 Aug 2019 | £7,456 | Advertising Recruitment |
| Isle of Wight | 11 Oct 2024 | £6,999 | n/a |
| Merton | 13 May 2025 | £6,529 | 260000 Human Resources |
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 46 councils and 13 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, 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: Basildon, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Brent, Calderdale, City of London, Cornwall Council, Crawley, Croydon, Dartford, Devon County Council, Dorset, Essex, Folkestone & Hythe, Gateshead, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kirklees, Lancashire, Lancashire PCC, Leeds, Leicester City, Medway Towns, Merton, Newcastle City Council, Newham, North East Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Plymouth, Rochdale, Somerset, South Oxfordshire, Southwark, Sunderland, Surrey, Test Valley, Torbay, Wandsworth, Warwickshire, West Lancashire, Wiltshire, Wirral, Wyre, York.
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.
- Basildon spending
- Blackburn with Darwen spending
- Blackpool spending
- Brent spending
- Calderdale spending
- City of London spending
- Cornwall Council spending
- Crawley spending
- Croydon spending
- Dartford spending
- Devon County Council spending
- Dorset spending
- Essex spending
- Folkestone & Hythe spending
- Gateshead spending
- Hampshire spending
- Isle of Wight spending
- Islington spending
- Kirklees spending
- Lancashire spending
- Lancashire PCC spending
- Leeds spending
- Leicester City spending
- Medway Towns spending
- Merton spending
- Newcastle City Council spending
- Newham spending
- North East Lincolnshire spending
- Northumberland spending
- Oxfordshire spending
- Plymouth spending
- Rochdale spending
- Somerset spending
- South Oxfordshire spending
- Southwark spending
- Sunderland spending
- Surrey spending
- Test Valley spending
- Torbay spending
- Wandsworth spending
- Warwickshire spending
- West Lancashire spending
- Wiltshire spending
- Wirral spending
- Wyre spending
- York 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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