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Basildon Borough Council

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Contracts running: 23
Ending in the next year: 11
Payments published: £541.6M
Paid in 2025-26 so far: £77.6M
Council tax collected: £131.1M
Borrowing: £639.5M
Debt interest: £16.1M a year
Schools: 59
Housing waiting list: 2,376
Properties owned: 6,791

About

Basildon is a district council serving 193,489 people. Schools, social care and roads here are run by Essex County Council. It has published 43,692 payments since 2020-21, worth £541.6M, and 23 of the 154 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2025-26 so far

Spending

Payments over £500, published to November 2025

Paid in 2025-26 so far: £77.6M; April to November 2025
Same months of 2024: £76.6M; 2025-26 is 1% higher
Payments: 5,781; in 2025-26 so far
Latest month published: November 2025

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2025-26 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £42K; 5 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £14.6M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £2.5M
Agency staff: £8.4M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£639.5M borrowed and £27.0M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£335.5M · 52%

Other lenders£152.0M · 24%

Other councils£152.0M · 24%

Council details

Type: District council
Code: E07000066
Population: 193,489
County council: Essex County Council
Payments: 2020-21 to 2025-26
Contract notices: 154, latest 28 Sept 2026

Latest contract notices

GB-Basildon: Supply, Design & Installation of CCTV and Associated Equipment28 Sept 2026 · In Delivery · £27K · Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure Ltd T/A Videre Communications Solu Basildon Construction Academy21 Jul 2026 · Pipeline Commercial Building Retrofit17 Jul 2026 · In Delivery · £500K · Architecture 00

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