Where Did It Go?

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Pendle Borough Council

Borough council

£5,078,902 across 506 payments in the archive · retrieved 19 Jul 2026

The Record - what stands out

93% of the money - £4.7m - went to a single service area: Financial Services.
£4,727,832 of £5,078,902 = 93%
The single largest payment was £280k - 28 times the typical payment of £10,000.
max £279,600 / median £10,000 = 28x

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.

Financial Services 390 payments£4,727,832 · 93%
Operational Services 57 payments£121,301 · 2%
Engineering & Special Projects 19 payments£104,133 · 2%
Housing Regeneration Services 5 payments£48,423 · 1%
Parks & Recreation Services 16 payments£32,419 · 1%
Democratic & Legal Services 8 payments£23,201 · 0%
Planning & Building Control 3 payments£8,279 · 0%
Property Services 4 payments£6,934 · 0%
Chief Executives Policy Unit 1 payments£3,630 · 0%
Human Resources 3 payments£2,750 · 0%

Biggest suppliers

BARNOLDSWICK TOWN COUNCIL 1 payments£279,600
BRIERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL - PRECEPTS ONLY 1 payments£180,000
BARROWFORD PARISH COUNCIL 1 payments£171,100
EARBY TOWN COUNCIL 1 payments£150,150
TRAWDEN FOREST PARISH COUNCIL 1 payments£90,000
FROZEN VALUE LTD 2 payments£50,000
O`CALLAGHAN LIMITED 1 payments£42,672
NW RECRUITMENT SERVICES LIMITED 21 payments£37,022
LIBERATA UK LTD 8 payments£29,498
GO PLANT FLEET SERVICES LIMITED 13 payments£26,347

Largest single payments

BARNOLDSWICK TOWN COUNCILFinancial Services · 05 Jul 2020£279,600
BRIERFIELD TOWN COUNCIL - PRECEPTS ONLYFinancial Services · 05 Jul 2020£180,000
BARROWFORD PARISH COUNCILFinancial Services · 05 Jul 2020£171,100
EARBY TOWN COUNCILFinancial Services · 05 Jul 2020£150,150
TRAWDEN FOREST PARISH COUNCILFinancial Services · 05 Jul 2020£90,000
O`CALLAGHAN LIMITEDEngineering & Special Projects£42,672
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
PLATINUM ASSET INVESTMENT LTDFinancial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
FROZEN VALUE LTDFinancial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
FROZEN VALUE LTDFinancial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
NORTHERNS RETAIL LTDFinancial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jan 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Apr 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 May 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jun 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Jul 2020£25,000
Redacted (personal data)Financial Services · 05 Nov 2020£25,000

Source: Pendle Borough 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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Where Did It Go?

Pendle Borough Council

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