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Where Did It Go?

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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Metropolitan borough

£1,272,016 across 564 payments in the archive · retrieved 19 Jul 2026

The Record - what stands out

  • 100% of the money - £1.3m - went to a single service area: Services to People.

    £1,272,016 of £1,272,016 = 100%

  • The single largest payment was £21k - 22 times the typical payment of £956.

    max £21,036 / median £956 = 22x

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.

  • Services to People 564 payments£1,272,016 · 100%

Biggest suppliers

  • THE TOGETHER TRUST CENTRE 7 payments£84,296
  • Altruistic Care Ltd t/a Plane Tree 25 payments£46,383
  • Harbour Healthcare Ltd 24 payments£42,532
  • Seashell Trust 4 payments£41,265
  • Social care Services (The Deacons) 3 payments£35,484
  • Sandcastle Care Ltd 2 payments£29,928
  • Positive Care Solutions 2 payments£28,271
  • CHOICES HOME FOR CHILDREN LTD 2 payments£27,014
  • HC-One Limited 12 payments£23,952
  • BROOKFIELD HOUSE 2 payments£23,029

Largest single payments

  • First Blue Healthcare LtdServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£21,036
  • Social care Services (The Deacons)Services to People · 01 Apr 2021£19,929
  • A Triangle CareServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£19,929
  • THE TOGETHER TRUST CENTREServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£18,607
  • THE TOGETHER TRUST CENTREServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£18,600
  • MEADOWS CARE LTDServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£18,157
  • Keys PCE LtdServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£17,493
  • Sandcastle Care LtdServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£15,369
  • Enabling FuturesServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£15,057
  • Positive Care SolutionsServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£14,786
  • Sandcastle Care LtdServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£14,559
  • CHOICES HOME FOR CHILDREN LTDServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£14,171
  • Seashell TrustServices to People£13,832
  • Seashell TrustServices to People£13,749
  • Positive Care SolutionsServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£13,486
  • THE TOGETHER TRUST CENTREServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£13,241
  • CHOICES HOME FOR CHILDREN LTDServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£12,843
  • PONTVILLE SCHOOLServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£12,635
  • BROOKFIELD HOUSEServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£12,400
  • Hexagon Care ServicesServices to People · 01 Apr 2021£11,602

Source: Stockport Metropolitan 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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