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Preston District Council2025/26

2025/26 / IN THE PUBLISHED RECORDS

£6.98m.
One recorded supplier.

LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL appears in 79 payments totalling £6,977,214.77 — the largest unredacted recorded supplier total in this view.

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2025/26 · Preston District Council. Amounts are summed as published, without a common VAT adjustment. Names are not verified corporate groups. Council-to-council transfers are not evidence of waste.

Preston District Council2025/268,833 PUBLISHED ENTRIES

THE LARGEST RECORDED PURPOSE TOTAL

GRANTS

6 entries, totalling £7,548,322.78. This is the council’s normalized expense label, not necessarily a complete service cost.

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From the checked Preston source files: agency staff payments rose 55.5% between 2024/25 and 2025/26; consultancy payments fell 23.8%. Read the source-checked agency staff finding. These are published-label comparisons, not a measure of staffing levels or VAT-adjusted costs.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

Who got the biggest slice?

Top five unredacted recorded supplier totals · 2025/26

THE LARGEST RECORDED SUPPLIERS
£17.35macross these 5 suppliers
2025/2612 of 12 months contain records
Supplier as publishedBars relative to the largest total
  1. LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL79 paymentsView payments
    £6.98m£6,977,214.77
  2. ERIC WRIGHT CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD46 paymentsView payments
    £4.05m£4,054,022.95
  3. PRESTON YOUTH ZONE LIMITED1 paymentView payments
    £3.59m£3,593,422.00
  4. MATRIX SCM LTD1,089 paymentsView payments
    £1.48m£1,479,801.26
  5. ZURICH MUNICIPAL30 paymentsView payments
    £1.24m£1,244,812.19

Unredacted supplier totals, summed as published.

WHAT CHANGED

The comparison matters.

Like-for-like changes need compatible amounts and coverage.

We’re not presenting a year-on-year change for this view: full month presence, complete amounts and a consistent known currency and net/gross basis must all be confirmed. Unknown is not comparable.

THE PAYMENT RECORDS

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Dated records · 50 per page · Newest first
2025/26

Page 1 · 50 entries

Published payment records
DateSupplier as publishedPurpose / labelPublished amountRecord
31 Mar 2026WHISTL UK LTDTNT CENTRAL POSTAGE COSTS£434.01Open record 66068771 ↗
31 Mar 2026WELDLAGMTCE BUILDINGS STRUCTURES CONTRACTOR£2,259.48Open record 66068770 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£4,288.25Open record 66068769 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£4,288.25Open record 66068768 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£1,608.94Open record 66068767 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£1,608.94Open record 66068766 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£1,225.98Open record 66068765 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£1,225.98Open record 66068764 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£948.21Open record 66068763 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£906.16Open record 66068762 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£716.15Open record 66068761 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£716.15Open record 66068760 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£634.22Open record 66068759 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£634.22Open record 66068758 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£592.51Open record 66068757 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£540.04Open record 66068756 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£540.04Open record 66068755 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£518.11Open record 66068754 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£518.11Open record 66068753 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£423.81Open record 66068752 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£423.81Open record 66068751 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£379.45Open record 66068750 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£379.45Open record 66068749 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£361.13Open record 66068748 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£361.13Open record 66068747 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£286.76Open record 66068746 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£275.37Open record 66068745 ↗
31 Mar 2026WATER PLUS PAYMENTS - DD ONLYWATER CHARGES-METERED£257.49Open record 66068744 ↗
31 Mar 2026VIVID RESOURCING LIMITEDAGENCY STAFF COSTS£2,160.00Open record 66068743 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£8,964.21Open record 66068742 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£7,288.75Open record 66068741 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£7,032.41Open record 66068740 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£6,240.66Open record 66068739 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£714.39Open record 66068738 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£660.12Open record 66068737 ↗
31 Mar 2026TOTAL GAS & POWER LIMITEDGAS CHARGES£456.51Open record 66068736 ↗
31 Mar 2026THE RIGHT FUELCARD CO LTD TA BE FUELCARDSVEHICLE FUEL CARDS£420.38Open record 66068735 ↗
31 Mar 2026TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHPROFESSIONAL FEES - GENERAL£6,783.00Open record 66068734 ↗
31 Mar 2026SURE2MEDIA LTDADVERTISING - GENERAL£650.00Open record 66068733 ↗
31 Mar 2026SOUTH RIBBLE BOROUGH COUNCILCASH INC/DIRECT CRS SUSPENSE A/C£273.47Open record 66068732 ↗
31 Mar 2026SOFTCAT LIMITEDPURCHASE OF IT SOFTWARE£4,306.50Open record 66068731 ↗
31 Mar 2026SOFTCAT LIMITEDICT STRATEGY PROJECT£541.63Open record 66068730 ↗
31 Mar 2026SMS LTDGROUNDS MAINTENANCE - CONTRACTOR£5,758.60Open record 66068729 ↗
31 Mar 2026SMS LTDMINOR MAINTENANCE/REFURBISHMENT - WORKS£1,734.80Open record 66068728 ↗
31 Mar 2026SECURITY MONITORING CENTRES LTDSECURITY FEES - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT£364.84Open record 66068727 ↗
31 Mar 2026SECTOR SECURITY SERVICES LTDSECURITY FEES - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT£7,136.02Open record 66068726 ↗
31 Mar 2026SECTOR SECURITY SERVICES LTDSECURITY FEES - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT£1,320.08Open record 66068725 ↗
31 Mar 2026SECTOR SECURITY SERVICES LTDSECURITY FEES - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT£1,307.43Open record 66068724 ↗
31 Mar 2026SARAH TURNER ECO ART & DESIGNWASTE MANAGEMENT PUBLICITY£2,250.00Open record 66068723 ↗
31 Mar 2026ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND - COMMERCIAL CARDS DIVISIONPURCHASE CARD HOLDING ACCOUNT£3,652.74Open record 66068722 ↗

Dates define financial years (1 April–31 March). Undated entries remain in the database but cannot appear in dated browsing. Blank amounts are not treated as zero; negative amounts may be credits or reversals. VAT basis is often unstated.

SOURCES & GAPS

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Preston District Council · England. Latest in-range date: 30 Apr 2026. This is a loaded database, not a live feed from the council. Default years use dates between 1990 and today; imported outliers remain unchanged in the all-dates view. Records include source filenames and row references where retained; worksheet details are not retained in the compact database.

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