Where Did It Go?

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London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

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£11,018,145 across 1,531 payments in the archive · retrieved 19 Jul 2026

The Record - what stands out

The single largest payment was £2.1m - 1074 times the typical payment of £1,936.
max £2,077,950 / median £1,936 = 1074x
40% of the money - £4.4m - went to a single service area: Childrens' & Cultural Services.
£4,416,482 of £11,018,145 = 40%
Richmond upon Thames College received £2.2m - 20% of every pound in this archive - across 5 payments.
£2,217,349 of £11,018,145 = 20%

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.

Childrens' & Cultural Services 404 payments£4,416,482 · 40%
Adult & Community Services 640 payments£3,131,465 · 28%
Environment 322 payments£2,377,036 · 22%
Finance & Corporate Services 70 payments£839,460 · 8%
Housing 95 payments£253,703 · 2%

Biggest suppliers

Richmond upon Thames College 5 payments£2,217,349
Veolia ES (UK) Limited 25 payments£1,396,616
Serco Limited 5 payments£639,870
Richmond Upon Thames Schools 4 payments£596,808
Care Uk Community Partnerships Ltd 10 payments£485,346
Royal Borough Of Kingston 5 payments£291,665
Royal Mencap Society 41 payments£164,044
Richmond Borough Association 5 payments£139,584
Richmond Homes For Life Trust 5 payments£139,245
Richmond Music Trust 2 payments£108,196

Largest single payments

Richmond upon Thames CollegeChildrens' & Cultural Services£2,077,950
Serco LimitedFinance & Corporate Services£459,233
Richmond Upon Thames SchoolsChildrens' & Cultural Services£290,177
Richmond Upon Thames SchoolsChildrens' & Cultural Services£290,152
Care Uk Community Partnerships LtdAdult & Community Services£253,798
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£241,424
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£227,767
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£183,383
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£173,254
Care Uk Community Partnerships LtdAdult & Community Services£158,065
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£157,296
Royal Borough Of KingstonChildrens' & Cultural Services£147,782
Richmond upon Thames CollegeChildrens' & Cultural Services£130,524
Royal Borough Of KingstonChildrens' & Cultural Services£128,638
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£116,897
Veolia ES (UK) LimitedEnvironment£111,552
CB Richard Ellis LtdEnvironment£87,500
Richmond Music TrustChildrens' & Cultural Services£77,196
Serco LimitedFinance & Corporate Services£73,961
Richmond Homes For Life TrustAdult & Community Services£69,153

Source: London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames’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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London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

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