Council spending in March 2026

In March 2026 Hastings Borough Council paid out £4.8m, £834k more than in March 2025, against a twelve-month average of £3.7m, from its own published file of payments over £250.

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The ten biggest payments

Money moved between the council's own accounts is left out. What each was for is the council's own description.

• Wealden District Council

  Tue 17 Mar 2026 · Food Waste Collection (DEFRA) · Capital - Vehicle Purchase

  £260k
• A named individual

  Thu 5 Mar 2026 · Homelessness · Professional Services - Homeless Bed and Breakfast Accomm

  £157k
• Wealden District Council

  Thu 12 Mar 2026 · Food Waste Collection (DEFRA) · Capital - Vehicle Purchase

  £151k
• Booker & Best Ltd

  Thu 19 Mar 2026 · Balance sheet all accounts · Falaise Fitness Centre-Replacement boiler

  £151k
• Wealden District Council

  Wed 18 Mar 2026 · Balance sheet all accounts · Creditors BACS Payments Control

  £142k
• Wealden District Council

  Thu 12 Mar 2026 · Food Waste Collection (DEFRA) · Capital - Vehicle Purchase

  £130k
• East Sussex County Council

  Wed 25 Mar 2026 · TFC - Town centre public realm & green connections · Capital Grants - Renovation Grants

  £125k
• Lillybank Homes Limited

  Tue 31 Mar 2026 · Homelessness · Professional Services - Homeless Bed and Breakfast Accomm

  £123k
• Wealden District Council

  Fri 13 Mar 2026 · Food Waste Collection (DEFRA) · Capital - Vehicle Purchase

  £118k
• Wealden District Council

  Tue 10 Mar 2026 · Refuse Collection · Third party payment private contractors

  £107k

Paid for the first time

Suppliers with no earlier payment on the record. Also 6 named individuals, not listed.

• CountyClean Environmental Services Ltd · £36.2k in 4 payments
• Integrum Site Services Ltd · £24.6k in 1 payment
• Haste Community CIC · £20k in 1 payment
• The Great Dixter Charitable Trust · £15k in 1 payment
• Purcell Architecture Ltd · £13.2k in 1 payment
• Little Gate Supported Employment · £6.7k in 3 payments
• Rockford Associates Limited · £4.3k in 1 payment
• Arts Hastings CIC · £3.9k in 1 payment
• University College London TA Archaeology South East · £3.6k in 1 payment
• PSTAX(Lavat Consulting Ltd) · £3.6k in 1 payment
• Andrew Waring Associates Limited ta AWA Consulting Engineers · £3.3k in 1 payment
• The Bright Foundation · £3k in 1 payment
• Sea Change Land & Property Ltd · £2.3k in 2 payments
• Jack and Alexandra Wicks · £2.2k in 2 payments
• Westwoods Lettings Ltd · £2.1k in 2 payments
• Think Change Consulting Ltd · £1.6k in 1 payment
• Anthony & Susannah Frieze · £1.5k in 1 payment
• JJ WALLER · £1.4k in 1 payment
• S Turner Property Holdings LLP · £1.4k in 1 payment
• Conrad A B Howard · £1k in 1 payment
• Gas Logic Ltd · £795 in 1 payment
• Bates Biomass Ltd · £705 in 1 payment
• Cadmap limited · £650 in 1 payment
• Coast Environmental Ltd · £619 in 1 payment
• BeSure (Fuzion4 Ltd) · £500 in 1 payment

Where it went

• Deputy Chief Executive£3.2m76% of the total
• Chief Executive£689k17% of the total
• Balance Sheet£300k7% of the total
• Capital grant and contribution income£8k<1% of the total

The council withheld the payee on 76 lines worth £26.7k this month; they are counted in the total and never guessed at.

The whole picture, every month and every supplier, is on council spending. A payee whose name reads as a person's is shown as "a named individual".