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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 £388,841,521 across 82 councils since 2011/12
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
- serco
- Councils that published a payment
- 82
- Payments published
- 6,040
- Latest year held
- 2026/27
What each council published, by year
| Council | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2.2m | n/a | n/a | £2.2m | 77 |
| Bexley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,673 | n/a | n/a | £4,673 | 1 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £835 | n/a | n/a | £2,668 | £910 | n/a | £4,413 | 4 |
| Blackpool | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,975 | £599 | £5,574 | 2 |
| Bradford Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,670 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,670 | 2 |
| Breckland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £5.7m | £5.4m | £972k | £12.0m | 793 |
| Buckinghamshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,245 | £3,970 | n/a | £6,215 | 3 |
| Burnley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £910 | n/a | £910 | 1 |
| Cambridge | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,020 | £5,880 | £3,863 | n/a | £11k | 5 |
| Canterbury | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,840 | n/a | £4,840 | 1 |
| Castle Point | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,123 | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,123 | 1 |
| Central Bedfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,597 | n/a | £1,050 | £3,647 | 6 |
| Charnwood | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8.1m | £8.6m | £1.9m | £18.7m | 395 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,891 | n/a | n/a | £1,891 | 2 |
| 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 | £2,245 | n/a | £2,245 | 1 |
| Devon County Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £133k | £57k | £18k | £3,864 | £967 | n/a | n/a | £213k | 27 |
| Durham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,048 | n/a | n/a | £2,048 | 1 |
| Ealing | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £476k | £618k | £2.0m | £2.9m | £285k | n/a | n/a | £6.3m | 127 |
| East Suffolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,120 | n/a | £2,120 | 1 |
| East Sussex County Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £30k | £16k | £39k | n/a | n/a | £84k | 17 |
| Elmbridge | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,010 | n/a | £2,010 | 2 |
| Essex | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,850 | £1,180 | n/a | £910 | £4,113 | n/a | n/a | £10k | 7 |
| Fareham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8,250 | £6,326 | n/a | £15k | 5 |
| Fylde | n/a | n/a | £938 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £893 | n/a | n/a | £1,000 | n/a | £2,830 | 3 |
| Gloucestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | £2,000 | n/a | £14k | 10 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,840 | n/a | £4,840 | 1 |
| Harlow | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,840 | n/a | £4,840 | 1 |
| Havering | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,048 | £4,880 | n/a | £6,928 | 4 |
| Hertfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3.7m | £4.3m | £1.5m | £9.6m | 110 |
| High Peak | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £640 | n/a | n/a | £640 | 2 |
| Hounslow | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,406 | n/a | n/a | £4,406 | 2 |
| Isle of Wight | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,622 | n/a | n/a | £2,622 | 3 |
| Kent | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,082 | n/a | n/a | £2,082 | 1 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,730 | n/a | n/a | £2,730 | 2 |
| Kirklees | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £877 | n/a | n/a | n/a | £877 | 1 |
| Knowsley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £877 | n/a | n/a | £877 | 1 |
| Lambeth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £25.7m | £25.6m | n/a | £51.2m | 80 |
| Lancashire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £7,109 | £1,740 | n/a | £8,849 | 7 |
| Lancashire Fire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,075 | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,075 | 4 |
| Lancashire PCC | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,008 | n/a | £12k | n/a | n/a | £14k | 7 |
| Lancaster | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,840 | n/a | n/a | £4,840 | 1 |
| Leeds | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,550 | n/a | n/a | £4,550 | 1 |
| Leicestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £23k | n/a | £23k | 5 |
| Lewisham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,181 | n/a | n/a | £6,181 | 3 |
| Maldon | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8,015 | £2,000 | n/a | £10k | 8 |
| Mid Suffolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4.6m | n/a | n/a | £4.6m | 96 |
| Mid Sussex | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1.1m | £7.2m | £9.1m | £3.6m | £21.0m | 163 |
| Newcastle City Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,505 | n/a | £4,840 | n/a | £7,345 | 3 |
| Newham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,100 | £1,050 | £3,150 | 2 |
| Norfolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £9,088 | £19k | £570 | £29k | 9 |
| North Kesteven | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,846 | n/a | £1,846 | 2 |
| North Norfolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1.8m | £6.4m | £4.5m | n/a | £12.7m | 1,602 |
| North Northamptonshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £0 | n/a | £2,220 | £2,220 | 3 |
| North Yorkshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £150k | n/a | n/a | £150k | 12 |
| Northumberland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,564 | £2,595 | n/a | £7,159 | 5 |
| Nottingham City | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £21k | £11k | n/a | £33k | 6 |
| Peterborough | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3.0m | n/a | n/a | £3.0m | 9 |
| Plymouth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £4,950 | n/a | £4,950 | 3 |
| Reading | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,914 | n/a | n/a | £1,914 | 1 |
| Ribble Valley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £877 | £1,820 | n/a | n/a | £2,697 | 3 |
| Rochdale | n/a | n/a | £893 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £391 | n/a | £1,754 | £910 | n/a | £3,948 | 4 |
| Rochford | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,203 | £1,993 | n/a | £4,195 | 4 |
| Rushmoor | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1.3m | £3.8m | £5.1m | £423k | £10.6m | 926 |
| Salford | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £993 | n/a | n/a | £993 | 1 |
| Sandwell | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £23.5m | £23.7m | £24.9m | £28.0m | £32.1m | £33.5m | £33.2m | n/a | £198.9m | 1,286 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | -£893 | £2,540 | £893 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,540 | 6 |
| Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £5,472 | n/a | £5,472 | 4 |
| South Tyneside | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £14k | £7,570 | n/a | £22k | 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 | £599 | £599 | 1 |
| Surrey | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £12k | £4,828 | n/a | £17k | 9 |
| Sutton | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £910 | n/a | n/a | £910 | 1 |
| Wakefield | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £880 | £4,730 | £1,330 | n/a | n/a | £10k | n/a | n/a | £17k | 25 |
| Waltham Forest | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,552 | £10k | n/a | £17k | 4 |
| Wandsworth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £21.6m | £15.6m | n/a | £37.2m | 65 |
| Warwickshire | £16k | £94k | n/a | £1,494 | £955 | £8,865 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £10k | n/a | n/a | £132k | 17 |
| Watford | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,097 | n/a | n/a | £1,097 | 1 |
| West Northamptonshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8,794 | n/a | n/a | £8,794 | 2 |
| West Suffolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,985 | n/a | n/a | £1,985 | 2 |
| Wiltshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £33k | n/a | £33k | 4 |
| Woking | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,995 | £84k | n/a | n/a | £87k | 13 |
| Wolverhampton | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £16k | n/a | n/a | £16k | 1 |
| Worcestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £993 | £1,010 | n/a | £2,003 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth | 13 Jun 2024 | £4,874,305 | n/a |
| Wandsworth | 17 May 2024 | £2,341,320 | n/a |
| Sandwell | 16 Apr 2024 | £2,031,493 | Total Borough Economy |
| Sandwell | 6 Mar 2025 | £1,982,240 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 19 Aug 2025 | £1,981,806 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 13 Jul 2025 | £1,981,806 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 27 May 2025 | £1,980,872 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 10 Jun 2025 | £1,980,872 | Waste Disposal Costs |
| Peterborough | 26 Apr 2024 | £1,950,000 | n/a |
| Sandwell | 13 Feb 2025 | £1,948,050 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 25 Feb 2025 | £1,948,050 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 13 Nov 2024 | £1,940,065 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 13 Nov 2024 | £1,940,065 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 13 Aug 2024 | £1,938,676 | Total Borough Economy |
| Sandwell | 9 Sept 2024 | £1,938,676 | Total Borough Economy |
| Sandwell | 20 Apr 2023 | £1,922,321 | Total Adult Social Care |
| Sandwell | 8 Dec 2024 | £1,905,875 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 15 Sept 2025 | £1,904,139 | Environment L7 |
| Sandwell | 8 Feb 2024 | £1,860,047 | Total Adult Social Care |
| Sandwell | 18 Mar 2026 | £1,855,380 | n/a |
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 13 financial years in the AI DOGE corpus. Councils and years not listed have not been ingested and are not zero.
Financial years held: 2011/12, 2012/13, 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: Babergh, Bexley, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bradford Council, Breckland, Buckinghamshire, Burnley, Cambridge, Canterbury, Castle Point, Central Bedfordshire, Charnwood, Cheshire West and Chester, City of London, Devon County Council, Durham, Ealing, East Suffolk, East Sussex County Council, Elmbridge, Essex, Fareham, Fylde, Gloucestershire, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harlow, Havering, Hertfordshire, High Peak, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Kent, Kingston-upon-Hull, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Lancashire Fire, Lancashire PCC, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Maldon, Mid Suffolk, Mid Sussex, Newcastle City Council, Newham, Norfolk, North Kesteven, North Norfolk, North Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Nottingham City, Peterborough, Plymouth, Reading, Ribble Valley, Rochdale, Rochford, Rushmoor, Salford, Sandwell, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Somerset, South Tyneside, Staffordshire, Surrey, Sutton, Wakefield, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Warwickshire, Watford, West Northamptonshire, West Suffolk, Wiltshire, Woking, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire.
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.
- Babergh spending
- Bexley spending
- Blackburn with Darwen spending
- Blackpool spending
- Bradford Council spending
- Breckland spending
- Buckinghamshire spending
- Burnley spending
- Cambridge spending
- Canterbury spending
- Castle Point spending
- Central Bedfordshire spending
- Charnwood spending
- Cheshire West and Chester spending
- City of London spending
- Devon County Council spending
- Durham spending
- Ealing spending
- East Suffolk spending
- East Sussex County Council spending
- Elmbridge spending
- Essex spending
- Fareham spending
- Fylde spending
- Gloucestershire spending
- Hammersmith & Fulham spending
- Harlow spending
- Havering spending
- Hertfordshire spending
- High Peak spending
- Hounslow spending
- Isle of Wight spending
- Kent spending
- Kingston-upon-Hull spending
- Kirklees spending
- Knowsley spending
- Lambeth spending
- Lancashire spending
- Lancashire Fire spending
- Lancashire PCC spending
- Lancaster spending
- Leeds spending
- Leicestershire spending
- Lewisham spending
- Maldon spending
- Mid Suffolk spending
- Mid Sussex spending
- Newcastle City Council spending
- Newham spending
- Norfolk spending
- North Kesteven spending
- North Norfolk spending
- North Northamptonshire spending
- North Yorkshire spending
- Northumberland spending
- Nottingham City spending
- Peterborough spending
- Plymouth spending
- Reading spending
- Ribble Valley spending
- Rochdale spending
- Rochford spending
- Rushmoor spending
- Salford spending
- Sandwell spending
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council spending
- Somerset spending
- South Tyneside spending
- Staffordshire spending
- Surrey spending
- Sutton spending
- Wakefield spending
- Waltham Forest spending
- Wandsworth spending
- Warwickshire spending
- Watford spending
- West Northamptonshire spending
- West Suffolk spending
- Wiltshire spending
- Woking spending
- Wolverhampton spending
- Worcestershire 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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