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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