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Basildon — Council Spending, Contracts & Finances | UKGovscan
Part of Essex County Council — education, social care, highways and fire services are managed at county level.
Headline figures
Contracts
£16.1M
156 contracts · 21 active
Payments tracked
44,954
£536.3M published
Council tax collected
£131.1M
2024-25 · inc. police & fire precepts
Total borrowing
£639.5M
2025-2026 Q3
Debt servicing
£16.1M/yr
45% of service budget
Schools
59
30,374 pupils
Parking surplus
£443K
2023-24
Properties
6,791
6,646 freehold · 145 leasehold
Largest PFI
£5.9M/yr
Brentwood Community Hospital
Exit payments
£214K
10 packages · 2022-23
Contracts
Contracts Finder & Find a Tender
Active
21
Ended
110
Active value
£16.1M
Suppliers
51
Largest contract: £18.7M — Change in Delivery Model for Council Owned Leisure Centres - Agency Model
Spending
2025-26 · council transparency publications
Biggest payment
£1,445,038.80
MARSH LTD
Taxi & SEN transport
£22K
4 payments
Personal payments
£1.1M
289 redacted payments
Consultancy
£1.8M
Agency & temp staff
£7.4M
Spending by department — 2025-26
Morgan Sindall Payments-Fixed
£18.0M
Interim Accommodation B&B Pay
£4.6M
Project Management Team SDHF Decarbonisation Fund
£4.6M
General Repairs MS Inclusions
£3.7M
Matrix SCM Agency Payments Expend
£3.2M
General Repairs MS Exclusions
£2.5M
Void Repairs MS Exclusions
£2.1M
Riverside Vehicle Contract Cntr Pay
£1.8M
Disabled Facili Stairlift Grant
£1.5M
Annual chg/opt Ext Prem Pd Ins
£1.5M
Departments are derived from the council's own service-area labels by keyword matching, so a payment can sit under a label that differs from how the council budgets it. Redacted personal payments count towards the totals but carry no supplier.
Schools
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Primary46
Secondary9
Pupils30,374
Academies43
Free School Meals24.2%
Occupancy95%
Pupil Demographics
Boys15,673 (52%)
Girls14,701 (48%)
SEN Pupils5,4181,356 EHCP · 4,062 SEN Support
Faith Schools7
Boys 52%Girls 48%
Pupil Ethnicity
White British 67.5%Other White 7.9%African 5.8%Indian 3%Other Mixed 2.7%White & Black Caribbean 1.8%Other Black 1.5%Other 1.3%White & Black African 1.2%Other Asian 1.1%