Where Did It Go?
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Bristol City Council
City council£51,108,458 across 4,244 payments in the archive · retrieved 19 Jul 2026
The Record - what stands out
The single largest payment was £1.0m - 436 times the typical payment of £2,323.
max £1,012,548 / median £2,323 = 436x
Computed from the published data. Observations, not accusations - the figures are below; you draw the conclusions.
Where it went - by service
The council’s own service areas, largest first.
- TPP - Placement Day 234 payments£5,946,578 · 12%
- New Construction 74 payments£5,603,386 · 11%
- Conversion, Renovation & Improvement 341 payments£4,744,861 · 9%
- TPP - Placement Residential 149 payments£3,987,304 · 8%
- TPP - Other 55 payments£3,181,902 · 6%
- Payments to BCC-Maintained Schools/Children�s Centres 72 payments£2,298,199 · 4%
- Services - Consultants 78 payments£1,517,596 · 3%
- TPP - Placement Foster Care Agency 227 payments£1,488,536 · 3%
- TPP - B&B payments to landlords 155 payments£1,335,485 · 3%
- Services - Fees and Charges 183 payments£1,279,041 · 3%
- R&M - Departmental response (external) 716 payments£1,243,153 · 2%
- TPP � Supported Accommodation 429 payments£1,228,968 · 2%
Biggest suppliers
- Stepnell Ltd 9 payments£2,604,358
- Ruskin Mill Trust Ltd 17 payments£2,087,259
- Bristol Pfi Ltd (Unitary Charges Only) 5 payments£1,935,991
- Constellia Public Limited 114 payments£1,696,015
- Comensura Ltd 8 payments£1,113,366
- Invesis UK Limited T/A Bristol Schools Limited 32 payments£1,099,502
- Aspris Childrens Services Limited 30 payments£1,074,566
- Ruskin Mill Trust - Grace Garden School 24 payments£990,829
- EW Beard Limited 2 payments£955,303
- Newton Consulting Limited 2 payments£885,726
Largest single payments
- Stepnell LtdCapital Sundries Expenditure£1,012,548
- EW Beard LimitedConversion, Renovation & Improvement · 05 Dec 2026£944,219
- Ruskin Mill Trust LtdTPP - Waste Collection£862,539
- Hill Partnerships LimitedNew Construction£743,793
- Ruskin Mill Trust LtdTPP - Grants£728,433
- Arthur J.Gallagher Insurance Brokers LtdInsurances - Premises£675,545
- Stepnell LtdNew Construction£587,550
- Bristol Pfi Ltd (Unitary Charges Only)TPP - Other£539,562
- Newton Consulting LimitedServices - Consultants · 05 Jun 2026£506,976
- Bray & Slaughter LtdConversion, Renovation & Improvement£500,172
- System C Healthcare Ltd t/a Liquidlogic LtdComputing - Repair and Maint · 05 May 2026£485,539
- Edaroth LtdNew Construction · 05 Dec 2026£444,930
- Stepnell LtdNew Construction£413,986
- Edaroth LtdNew Construction · 05 Dec 2026£412,676
- Bristol Pfi Ltd (Unitary Charges Only)TPP - Other£411,570
- Bristol Pfi Ltd (Unitary Charges Only)TPP - Other£399,259
- One Lockleaze LlpNew Construction · 05 Jun 2026£382,751
- Newton Consulting LimitedServices - Consultants · 05 Jun 2026£378,750
- Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure LimitedNew Construction£343,604
- Bristol Pfi Ltd (Unitary Charges Only)TPP - Other£342,497
Source: Bristol City Council’s published payments data (Local Government Transparency Code). Figures as published; personal-data payees are shown as redacted by the council. No causal claim is made or implied.
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