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Reading Borough Council has received £841,924,296 from 16 departments.

Income

Contracts

No contracts

We currently have no contracts recorded for Reading Borough Council.

Top Departments

A breakdown of the top government departments that have purchased goods and services from Reading Borough Council, ordered by total spend.

  1. Department for Education

    £605 Million

  2. Department for Transport

    £70.2 Million

  3. Wokingham Borough Council

    £62.5 Million

Top Organisations

A breakdown of the top government organisations that have purchased goods and services from Reading Borough Council, ordered by total spend. These may be more granular than departments.

  1. CORE

    £89.5 Million

  2. Department for Transport

    £62.6 Million

  3. Wokingham Borough Council

    £62.5 Million

Top Expense Areas

A breakdown of the top Expense Areas within each organisation that has purchased goods and services from Reading Borough Council, ordered by total spend.

  1. ESFA Funding Directorate

    Education and Skills Funding Agency - £225 Million

  2. ESFA Funding

    Education and Skills Funding Agency - £181 Million

  3. IFD EDUCATION FUNDING GROUP

    Education and Skills Funding Agency - £102 Million

  4. Place & Growth

    Wokingham Borough Council - £51.5 Million

  5. Funding and Financial Oversight

    CORE - £47.8 Million

Top Expense Types

A breakdown of the top Expense Types within each organisation that has purchased goods and services from Reading Borough Council, ordered by total spend.

  1. Grants Expenditure

    Education and Skills Funding Agency - £406 Million

  2. Grants expenditure

    Education and Skills Funding Agency - £108 Million

  3. Grants Expenditure

    CORE - £89.5 Million

  4. Revenue Grants to local authorities

    Department of Health and Social Care - £55.9 Million

  5. Cap Grt Loc Auth

    Department for Transport - £48.5 Million

Recent Payments
Date Buyer Amount Expense Area Expense Type
2025-09-19 £25,729 BHT Balance Sheet Local Authority Business Rates Suspense
2025-09-19 £27,686 BHT Balance Sheet Local Authority Business Rates Suspense
2025-08-29 £2,700,000 Investment CAP GRNTS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Grants
2025-08-21 £27,686 BHT Balance Sheet Local Authority Business Rates Suspense
2025-07-31 £234,907 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current grants - Local Government
2025-07-29 £58,750 DG Public Transport and Local Group CurrGrt Las in AEF/A
Local Transport resource Q2 25-26
2025-07-29 £398,000 DG Public Transport and Local Group Cap Grt Loc Auth
Integrated Transport Block Q2 2025-26
2025-07-23 £692,500 DG Road Transport Group Cap Grt Loc Auth
Highways Maintenance Block - Q2 2025/26
2025-07-18 £2,587,908 Strategic Finance Grants Expenditure
Capital grants - Local Government
2025-07-18 £184,691 Strategic Finance Grants Expenditure
Capital grants - Local Government
2025-07-18 £172,109 Strategic Finance Grants Expenditure
Capital grants - Local Government
2025-07-18 £48,899 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current grants - Local Government
2025-07-18 £69,506 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current Grants - FE Colleges
2025-07-18 £40,484 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current Grants - FE Colleges
2025-07-17 £27,318 BHT Balance Sheet Local Authority Business Rates Suspense
2025-07-15 £27,142 LAND USE AND PLANNING EXP - CURRENT GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2025-07-04 £2,907,694 Global & Public Health Revenue Grants to local authorities
Revenue Grants to local authorities
2025-07-03 £9,270,682 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current grants - Local Government
2025-06-30 £712,650 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current grants - Local Government
2025-06-30 £504,895 Funding and Financial Oversight Grants Expenditure
Current grants - Local Government

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