THE ADVOCACY PEOPLE
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 £9,942,909 across 49 councils since 2020/21
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
- the-advocacy-people
- Councils that published a payment
- 49
- Payments published
- 783
- Latest year held
- 2026/27
What each council published, by year
| Council | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | All years held | Payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath & North East Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | £527 | £5,696 | £6,476 | £53k | £66k | 18 |
| Bexley | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £930 | £1,587 | n/a | £2,516 | 3 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £55k | £56k | £17k | £128k | 12 |
| Buckinghamshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,665 | £24k | £20k | £46k | 18 |
| Central Bedfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,334 | n/a | £1,334 | 2 |
| Cornwall Council | n/a | n/a | £59k | £181k | £740k | £695k | n/a | £1.7m | 51 |
| Coventry City Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,122 | n/a | £1,122 | 1 |
| Croydon | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,147 | £922 | £2,561 | n/a | £4,630 | 7 |
| Derby City | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,337 | £970 | £2,307 | 2 |
| Devon County Council | £1,656 | £4,964 | £11k | £14k | £12k | £19k | n/a | £63k | 73 |
| Dorset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £64k | n/a | n/a | £64k | 13 |
| East Sussex County Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,474 | n/a | £1,474 | 2 |
| Enfield | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,232 | £5,494 | n/a | £6,725 | 7 |
| Gloucestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £904 | n/a | n/a | £904 | 1 |
| Hampshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £16k | n/a | n/a | £16k | 1 |
| Havering | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £614 | £614 | 1 |
| Hertfordshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,118 | £1,552 | £945 | £5,615 | 9 |
| Isle of Wight | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,404 | n/a | £1,404 | 3 |
| Islington | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £792 | £1,486 | n/a | £2,278 | 3 |
| Kent | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1.4m | £1.3m | £225k | £2.9m | 164 |
| Lambeth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,348 | n/a | n/a | £1,348 | 5 |
| Medway Towns | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £676 | n/a | n/a | £676 | 1 |
| Merton | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £502 | n/a | £502 | 1 |
| Milton Keynes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £179k | £198k | £81k | £458k | 33 |
| Newcastle City Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,572 | n/a | £1,572 | 2 |
| Newham | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,727 | n/a | n/a | £1,727 | 4 |
| Norfolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £700 | £1,122 | n/a | £1,822 | 2 |
| North Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £159k | £146k | n/a | £306k | 38 |
| Plymouth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £458k | £560k | £172k | £1.2m | 44 |
| Portsmouth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £173k | £196k | £40k | £409k | 11 |
| Reading | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £327k | £262k | £67k | £656k | 71 |
| Somerset | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £160k | £265k | £54k | £479k | 12 |
| South Gloucestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £2,795 | £1,543 | n/a | £4,338 | 4 |
| Southampton | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £435k | £383k | n/a | £818k | 29 |
| Southwark | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £127k | n/a | n/a | £127k | 12 |
| Stockport | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £529 | n/a | £529 | 1 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £714 | £1,289 | n/a | £2,004 | 2 |
| Suffolk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £316 | n/a | £316 | 1 |
| Surrey | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £8,690 | £8,665 | n/a | £17k | 18 |
| Swindon | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £5,877 | £1,900 | n/a | £7,777 | 9 |
| Thurrock | n/a | n/a | n/a | £3,394 | £3,566 | £1,196 | n/a | £8,156 | 8 |
| Torbay | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £6,474 | n/a | n/a | £6,474 | 1 |
| Tower Hamlets | £527 | £416 | £9,035 | £3,667 | £3,126 | £1,517 | n/a | £18k | 24 |
| Walsall | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £760 | n/a | £760 | 1 |
| Waltham Forest | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £740 | n/a | n/a | £740 | 1 |
| Wandsworth | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £54k | £74k | n/a | £128k | 9 |
| Westminster | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £1,619 | n/a | £1,619 | 2 |
| Wiltshire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £274k | £54k | n/a | £327k | 44 |
| Worcestershire | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | £664 | n/a | £501 | £1,165 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 19 Sept 2025 | £128,283 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 12 Dec 2025 | £125,470 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 6 Dec 2024 | £120,186 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 18 Nov 2025 | £119,956 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 7 Mar 2025 | £117,917 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 12 Sept 2024 | £117,372 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 4 Jun 2025 | £117,027 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 8 Jul 2025 | £116,780 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 6 May 2025 | £116,469 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 24 Apr 2026 | £116,235 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 13 Jan 2025 | £112,593 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 26 Feb 2026 | £112,484 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 7 Jan 2026 | £111,508 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 7 Nov 2024 | £111,092 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 27 Jun 2024 | £110,686 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 11 Jul 2024 | £109,972 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 21 Jan 2026 | £108,916 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 29 May 2026 | £103,882 | ASC Advocacy Services |
| Kent | 12 Aug 2024 | £100,861 | Information & Early Intervention |
| Kent | 19 Dec 2025 | £97,807 | ASC Advocacy Services |
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 49 councils and 7 financial years in the AI DOGE corpus. Councils and years not listed have not been ingested and are not zero.
Financial years held: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27.
Councils that contributed: Bath & North East Somerset, Bexley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Cornwall Council, Coventry City Council, Croydon, Derby City, Devon County Council, Dorset, East Sussex County Council, Enfield, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Havering, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kent, Lambeth, Medway Towns, Merton, Milton Keynes, Newcastle City Council, Newham, Norfolk, North Somerset, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Reading, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Southampton, Southwark, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Suffolk, Surrey, Swindon, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Walsall, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster, Wiltshire, 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.
- Bath & North East Somerset spending
- Bexley spending
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole spending
- Buckinghamshire spending
- Central Bedfordshire spending
- Cornwall Council spending
- Coventry City Council spending
- Croydon spending
- Derby City spending
- Devon County Council spending
- Dorset spending
- East Sussex County Council spending
- Enfield spending
- Gloucestershire spending
- Hampshire spending
- Havering spending
- Hertfordshire spending
- Isle of Wight spending
- Islington spending
- Kent spending
- Lambeth spending
- Medway Towns spending
- Merton spending
- Milton Keynes spending
- Newcastle City Council spending
- Newham spending
- Norfolk spending
- North Somerset spending
- Plymouth spending
- Portsmouth spending
- Reading spending
- Somerset spending
- South Gloucestershire spending
- Southampton spending
- Southwark spending
- Stockport spending
- Stockton-on-Tees spending
- Suffolk spending
- Surrey spending
- Swindon spending
- Thurrock spending
- Torbay spending
- Tower Hamlets spending
- Walsall spending
- Waltham Forest spending
- Wandsworth spending
- Westminster spending
- Wiltshire 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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