Where Did It Go?
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Leeds City Council
City council£38,248,366 across 1,801 payments in the archive · retrieved 19 Jul 2026
The Record - what stands out
The single largest payment was £6.2m - 2968 times the typical payment of £2,100.
max £6,233,332 / median £2,100 = 2968x
40% of the money - £15m - went to a single service area: Strategic Accounts.
£15,235,243 of £38,248,366 = 40%
Bradford Metropolitan Council received £12m - 33% of every pound in this archive - across 2 payments.
£12,466,664 of £38,248,366 = 33%
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.
- Strategic Accounts 11 payments£15,235,243 · 40%
- City Development 313 payments£10,537,145 · 28%
- Social Services Pooled Budgets 127 payments£3,510,532 · 9%
- Adults and Health 344 payments£2,864,157 · 7%
- Resources and Housing 305 payments£2,529,749 · 7%
- Children and Families 343 payments£2,292,866 · 6%
- Communities and Environment 281 payments£852,301 · 2%
- Insurance 20 payments£271,114 · 1%
- Strategic Landlord 57 payments£155,260 · 0%
Biggest suppliers
- Bradford Metropolitan Council 2 payments£12,466,664
- Balfour Beatty Group Limited 2 payments£3,539,744
- CALDERDALE MBC 3 payments£2,457,877
- COLAS LTD 24 payments£2,395,651
- Aspire Services (Leeds) Limited 13 payments£2,020,111
- BMMJV Ltd 6 payments£1,795,784
- BAM Nuttall Limited 7 payments£1,636,968
- Business Stream 1 payments£311,068
- Associated Waste Management Limited 26 payments£309,849
- Capita Business Servs 1 payments£305,250
Largest single payments
- Bradford Metropolitan CouncilStrategic Accounts · 05 Apr 2021£6,233,332
- Bradford Metropolitan CouncilStrategic Accounts£6,233,332
- Balfour Beatty Group LimitedCity Development£2,766,273
- Aspire Services (Leeds) LimitedSocial Services Pooled Budgets · 05 Jun 2021£1,781,472
- BMMJV LtdCity Development£1,447,587
- CALDERDALE MBCStrategic Accounts · 05 Apr 2021£1,222,386
- CALDERDALE MBCStrategic Accounts£1,222,386
- BAM Nuttall LimitedCity Development£972,845
- Balfour Beatty Group LimitedCity Development£773,471
- COLAS LTDCity Development · 05 Jul 2021£668,290
- COLAS LTDCity Development£458,610
- BAM Nuttall LimitedCity Development£341,242
- Business StreamStrategic Accounts£311,068
- Capita Business ServsChildren and Families · 04 Sept 2021£305,250
- COLAS LTDCity Development · 05 Jul 2021£242,755
- BMMJV LtdCity Development£219,717
- Avid Insurance Services LimitedInsurance · 05 Apr 2021£205,729
- BAM Nuttall LimitedCity Development£195,821
- Change Grow Live Services LimitedResources and Housing£180,000
- COLAS LTDCity Development · 05 Nov 2021£160,977
Source: Leeds 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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