Council spending in December 2025

In December 2025 Hastings Borough Council paid out £2.9m, £599k less than in December 2024, 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.

• A named individual

  Mon 8 Dec 2025 · Homelessness · Professional Services - Homeless Bed and Breakfast Accomm

  £182k
• Lillybank Homes Limited

  Wed 31 Dec 2025 · Homelessness · Professional Services - Homeless Bed and Breakfast Accomm

  £120k
• Booker & Best Ltd

  Wed 17 Dec 2025 · Balance sheet all accounts · Booker & Best Minorworks

  £112k
• Wealden District Council

  Wed 10 Dec 2025 · Refuse Collection · Third party payment private contractors

  £107k
• Wealden District Council

  Wed 10 Dec 2025 · Recycling · Third party payment private contractors

  £89.4k
• Southdown Housing Association Ltd

  Mon 1 Dec 2025 · Rough Sleeper Prevention · Grants made - Other Grants

  £74.2k
• Paramount Independent Property Services

  Mon 1 Dec 2025 · Homelessness · Professional Services - Homeless Bed and Breakfast Accomm

  £67.9k
• East Sussex College Group (ESCG)

  Wed 3 Dec 2025 · TFC - Green low carbon skills & economy · Capital Grants - Renovation Grants

  £60.4k
• Wealden District Council

  Tue 2 Dec 2025 · DSO - Waste and Cleansing service · Third party payment private contractors

  £50.3k
• Grant Thornton UK LLP

  Thu 18 Dec 2025 · Accountancy & Exchequer Serv.Division · Audit Fees - Audit Fees

  £42.2k

Paid for the first time

Suppliers with no earlier payment on the record. Also 3 named individuals, not listed.

• Allies and Morrison LLP · £25k in 1 payment
• W Crowder & Sons Ltd t/a Crowders Nurseries · £9.2k in 2 payments
• Equity Energies Ltd · £4.9k in 1 payment
• Grosvenor Networks · £2.7k in 1 payment
• Seaside Property Investments Limited · £1.7k in 2 payments
• Agility Healthcare Ltd t/a RD Counselling and Therapy · £1.5k in 1 payment
• David Austin Roses Limited · £1.3k in 1 payment
• Home Sweet Home Lettings · £1.2k in 1 payment
• HERMEQ UK Ltd · £1k in 1 payment
• Redbourne Leaf Limited · £440 in 1 payment
• Olivia Morris at Home Ltd · £252 in 1 payment

Where it went

• Deputy Chief Executive£2.3m83% of the total
• Chief Executive£345k12% of the total
• Balance Sheet£124k4% of the total

The council withheld the payee on 9 lines worth £21.6k 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".