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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: spending & suppliers

Department for Culture, Media and Sport has £7,714,995,651 of tracked spend across 2,404 published payments to 313 suppliers, from Mar 2025 to May 2026.

£7.7bn
tracked public spend
2k
payment transactions
313
suppliers paid
25
contracts expiring (12m)

Top suppliers by tracked spend

The largest recipients of Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s published payments.

1British Broadcasting Corporation£3.9bn
2British Broadcasting Corporation (GIA£994m
3Arts Council of England£602m
4Sport England£179m
5Arts Council of England (GIA)£153m

See all 313 suppliers

308 more suppliers, each incumbent’s payment history and run-rate, spend trends over time, and the 25 contracts expiring in the next 12 months — inside PSIP.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Department for Culture, Media and Sport spend?

Department for Culture, Media and Sport has £7,714,995,651 of tracked spend across 2,404 published payments to 313 suppliers, covering Mar 2025 to May 2026. These figures come from Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s own transparency publications under the Open Government Licence.

Who are Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s biggest suppliers?

The largest suppliers by tracked payment value are shown above. The complete supplier list — all 313 of them, with each supplier’s full payment history and monthly run-rate — is available inside PSIP.

How many Department for Culture, Media and Sport contracts are expiring?

Department for Culture, Media and Sport has 25 contracts with an end date in the next 12 months in our records. Which specific contracts, who holds them and what they are worth is inside PSIP — the moment a contract nears expiry is the moment to engage the buyer.

Where does this Department for Culture, Media and Sport spending data come from?

From Department for Culture, Media and Sport itself. UK public bodies are required to publish their payments to suppliers. PSIP ingests those official publications, normalises the formats and matches suppliers against the Companies House register, so every figure traces back to a source publication — nothing is estimated.

Figures aggregated from Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s official transparency publications under the Open Government Licence, supplier-matched to Companies House. Covered period Mar 2025May 2026. See the full data coverage.