Bolton Council

Metropolitan district (E08000001)

Records held for 2024/25 to 2026/27, of which 2 complete financial years. Figures shown are for 2025/26, the most recent year held in full. Its total is checked against this council's published revenue account budget, because the outturn return for that year is not due for about another two years. The check is made after money this body passes to other councils, police and fire authorities, and to central government as the business rates share, has been taken out: a precept, a levy or a rates share is collected on another authority's behalf rather than spent here. Payments to the health service, to colleges, to pension funds and to HM Revenue and Customs are not taken out, because those are things this body bought or owed. Both figures are shown.

Spending in 2025/26

Bolton Council published 32,063 payments over £500 in 2025/26, totalling £273,147,261 after refunds.

Largest suppliers in 2025/26

• REVENUE & BENEFITS BACS PAYMENTS: £52,673,825 across 104 payments
• BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST: £13,232,126 across 62 payments
• GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY#GMCA#GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE#GREATER MANCHESTER FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE: £7,784,405 across 48 payments
• AGILISYS LIMITED: £6,742,723 across 179 payments
• REED#REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED: £6,098,560 across 5,645 payments
• HAVEN POWER LIMITED: £4,584,309 across 377 payments
• SALFORD CITY COUNCIL: £3,787,890 across 11 payments
• BOLTON CVS#BOLTON COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES: £3,520,633 across 29 payments
• BOLTON AT HOME LIMITED#HB REFUNDS & INVOICES: £3,084,140 across 83 payments
• SOCIAL CARE SERVICES GROUP: £3,070,405 across 121 payments

What we hold

• 2026/27: 4 of 12 months, 11,153 payments
• 2025/26: 12 of 12 months, 32,063 payments
• 2024/25: 12 of 12 months, 33,361 payments

Bolton Council's own published spending data