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Where Did It Go?

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Eden District Council

District council

£540,272 across 87 payments in the archive · retrieved 19 Jul 2026

The Record - what stands out

  • The single largest payment was £79k - 49 times the typical payment of £1,620.

    max £78,784 / median £1,620 = 49x

  • 42% of the money - £226k - went to a single service area: Technical Services Manager.

    £226,283 of £540,272 = 42%

  • AMEY PLC received £172k - 32% of every pound in this archive - across 11 payments.

    £171,571 of £540,272 = 32%

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.

  • Technical Services Manager 24 payments£226,283 · 42%
  • Information Technology Manager 2 payments£157,568 · 29%
  • Environmental Services 9 payments£34,727 · 6%
  • Revenue/Benefits Manager 7 payments£22,577 · 4%
  • Commercial Services Manager 8 payments£19,590 · 4%
  • Legal Services Manager 7 payments£16,362 · 3%
  • Planning Policy Manager 7 payments£15,627 · 3%
  • Director of Finance 3 payments£12,345 · 2%
  • Financial Services Manager 6 payments£12,021 · 2%
  • Leisure Services Manager 7 payments£9,702 · 2%
  • Planning Services 3 payments£7,044 · 1%
  • Human Resources Manager 4 payments£6,426 · 1%

Biggest suppliers

  • AMEY PLC 11 payments£171,571
  • SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL 2 payments£157,568
  • CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LTD 4 payments£53,831
  • PENRITH B I D COMPANY LTD 1 payments£15,000
  • PRO-TECT UK SECURITY & TRAINING LTD 7 payments£9,702
  • VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIA 2 payments£9,025
  • INTRO PR . SOCIAL MEDIA . CONTENT 2 payments£8,280
  • SOLACE GROUP LTD 1 payments£8,155
  • GRANT THORNTON UK LLP 1 payments£8,074
  • CAPITA PROPERTY & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD 3 payments£7,044

Largest single payments

  • SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCILInformation Technology Manager£78,784
  • SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCILInformation Technology Manager£78,784
  • AMEY PLCTechnical Services Manager£69,327
  • AMEY PLCTechnical Services Manager£36,745
  • AMEY PLCTechnical Services Manager · 09 Jul 2018£32,831
  • CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LTDTechnical Services Manager£22,857
  • CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LTDTechnical Services Manager£20,615
  • AMEY PLCEnvironmental Services£17,693
  • PENRITH B I D COMPANY LTDRevenue/Benefits Manager · 09 Jul 2018£15,000
  • SOLACE GROUP LTDLegal Services Manager£8,155
  • VOLUNTARY ACTION CUMBRIACommercial Services Manager · 09 Jul 2018£8,125
  • GRANT THORNTON UK LLPFinancial Services Manager£8,074
  • CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LTDTechnical Services Manager£7,260
  • E.ON UK PLCTechnical Services Manager£5,343
  • DOLPHIN MOBILITY YORKSHIRE & CUMBRIA LTDEnvironmental Services£5,250
  • L V LOCKWOODDirector of Finance£5,000
  • AMEY PLCTechnical Services Manager£4,826
  • AMEY PLCTechnical Services Manager£4,700
  • INTRO PR . SOCIAL MEDIA . CONTENTPlanning Policy Manager£4,680
  • WANNASEE LTDCommercial Services Manager£4,576

Source: Eden District 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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