Prime provider

Serco

Prime provider with 5 current named sites, 1 public money row, and 5 current chain gaps. This page keeps named site evidence, linked money rows, and place pressure on one actor-level surface so the public can move from hotel to provider or owner without losing the chain.

Prime provider5 current sites1 money rowlow

What matters first

Serco is already visible on named hotel sites, which means the public chain can now run from actor to hotel to place and, in some cases, to public money.

Prime provider

The visible estate is already named

Serco already touches 5 current named sites across 2 places.

Public money rows already attach to this actor

Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Serco is part of the public money layer already tied to this profile.

Current chain gaps are still part of the story

5 of 5 current sites linked to this profile still sit in partial or unresolved chain coverage.

Timeline of public evidence

These are the dated moments when this entity appears in the public record through named site evidence or published money rows.

5 dated events
First evidence30 Jul 2025

Earliest dated event currently attached to this profile.

Latest evidence17 Nov 2025

Most recent dated event in the current evidence chain.

Current named estate first appeared30 Jul 2025

Earliest dated public record for a current named site on this profile.

Latest money daten/a

Most recent dated money row attached to this profile.

17 Nov 2025

Holiday Inn, Flore enters the public record

West Northamptonshire appears in the visible site chain for Serco.

17 Nov 2025

ibis Rugby East enters the public record

West Northamptonshire appears in the visible site chain for Serco.

17 Nov 2025

M K Hotel enters the public record

West Northamptonshire appears in the visible site chain for Serco.

30 Jul 2025

Bell Hotel enters the public record

Epping Forest appears in the visible site chain for Serco.

30 Jul 2025

Phoenix Hotel enters the public record

Epping Forest appears in the visible site chain for Serco.

Exposure summary

This is the quickest read on how much of the visible current estate is still non-resolved, where the linked pressure is landing, and how much public money is actually disclosed.

5/5 non-resolved current sites

Non-resolved chain exposure still dominates the visible estate

Serco still has 5 of 5 current named sites in partial or unresolved coverage, which is 100% of its visible current estate.

West Northamptonshire is the main linked pressure point

478 people were on supported asylum there at quarter end, with 271 in contingency accommodation across 3 current linked sites.

Public money visibility is still partial

1 linked money row already sit on this profile, but none of them disclose a normalized public value yet.

Unresolved4

80% of current named sites.

Partial1

20% of current named sites.

Resolved0

0% of current named sites.

Regional contract coverage

This is the wider contract field attached to the published asylum accommodation geography. It is broader than the named estate and should not be read as proof of a named local hotel in every covered area.

East of England, Midlands, North West

Contract geography is wider than the visible estate

Serco currently covers 145 local authority rows in the published regional contract structure, but only 2 of those are already tied to named hotel evidence on this profile.

Visibility gaps still matter inside the contract field

2 covered areas already carry named current hotel evidence, while 1 covered areas sit in unnamed-only hotel visibility gaps.

Highest-pressure covered area

Birmingham is currently the largest supported-asylum place in this contract field at 2,136.

#01West Midlands

Birmingham

2,136

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 589 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#02North West

Liverpool

1,961

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 208 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#03West Midlands

Coventry

1,700

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 97 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#04North West

Manchester

1,509

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 708 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

#05West Midlands

Sandwell

1,467

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 115 in contingency accommodation. No named current hotel row is public here in the live starter ledger yet.

Open place profile

Region spread

Region counts stay tied to named-site and linked-place evidence so footprint claims do not outrun the public ledger.

East MidlandsEngland

3 current sites

1 linked place and 3 non-resolved current chains in this region slice.

Supported asylum across linked places478
Contingency across linked places271
Historical named sites0

Places: West Northamptonshire

East of EnglandEngland

2 current sites

1 linked place and 2 non-resolved current chains in this region slice.

Supported asylum across linked places81
Contingency across linked places39
Historical named sites0

Places: Epping Forest

Linked-place rankings

These are the heaviest linked place rows for this entity, ordered by quarter-end supported asylum stock and then contingency pressure.

#01East Midlands

West Northamptonshire

478

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 271 in contingency accommodation and 3 current sites.

Supported asylum rate10.76 per 10,000
Historical linked sites0

Open place profile

#02East of England

Epping Forest

81

Quarter-end supported asylum stock, with 39 in contingency accommodation and 2 current sites.

Supported asylum rate5.85 per 10,000
Historical linked sites0

Open place profile

Current site footprint

Each site card keeps the relationship label, the local place, and the current chain status on the same row.

Prime providerunresolved

Phoenix Hotel

Epping Forest, East of England. 1 linked money row and 1 integrity signal.

Confidencehigh
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Prime providerpartial

Bell Hotel

Epping Forest, East of England. 1 linked money row and 0 integrity signals.

Confidencehigh
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Prime providerunresolved

Holiday Inn, Flore

West Northamptonshire, East Midlands. 0 linked money rows and 0 integrity signals.

Confidencehigh
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Prime providerunresolved

ibis Rugby East

West Northamptonshire, East Midlands. 0 linked money rows and 0 integrity signals.

Confidencehigh
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Prime providerunresolved

M K Hotel

West Northamptonshire, East Midlands. 0 linked money rows and 0 integrity signals.

Confidencehigh
People reportedn/a

Open place profile

Public money surface

These are the public rows already attached to this profile. They stay split by route family and row type.

Asylum supportprime contract scope

Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Serco

Current regional responsibility in the public contract structure. The starter ledger uses this to map visible current hotel sites to a prime provider.

BuyerHome Office
Published valueNot disclosed / not normalized
Linked sites2

Open money explorerSource

Linked places

These places are where the current public site chain already meets quarter-end local pressure data.

East Midlands3 current sites

West Northamptonshire

478 people on supported asylum and 271 in contingency accommodation in the latest local snapshot.

Sites: Holiday Inn, Flore, ibis Rugby East, M K Hotel

Open place profile

East of England2 current sites

Epping Forest

81 people on supported asylum and 39 in contingency accommodation in the latest local snapshot.

Sites: Phoenix Hotel, Bell Hotel

Open place profile

Concrete case files

These are the clearest current examples of this entity showing up on a named hotel site with a followable place and money chain.

Broken chainEpping Forestunresolveddirect money link

Phoenix Hotel is public, but the chain still breaks

Phoenix Hotel in Epping Forest already has a direct public money row attached. 81 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 39 in contingency accommodation.

  1. 01
    Money trail

    Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Serco is already the public money row tied to this site.

    Open direct money row
  2. 02
    Place pressure

    81 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 39 in contingency accommodation.

    Open place profile
Visible chainEpping Forestpartialdirect money link

Bell Hotel now links the hotel and money layers

Bell Hotel in Epping Forest already has a direct public money row attached. 81 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 39 in contingency accommodation.

  1. 01
    Money trail

    Asylum accommodation and support contract regional scope: Serco is already the public money row tied to this site.

    Open direct money row
  2. 02
    Place pressure

    81 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 39 in contingency accommodation.

    Open place profile
Broken chainWest Northamptonshireunresolvedprovider money link

Holiday Inn, Flore is public, but the chain still breaks

Holiday Inn, Flore in West Northamptonshire already has a public hotel row and a provider-level money trail. 478 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 271 in contingency accommodation.

  1. 01
    Money trail

    Serco is the public contract layer attached to this site in the live starter ledger.

    Open provider money trail
  2. 02
    Place pressure

    478 people were on asylum support there at quarter end, with 271 in contingency accommodation.

    Open place profile

The money step is provider-scope rather than site-specific.

Source trail

The source layer below is the public trail currently holding this profile together.

Money row

Asylum accommodation and support contracts

Open source

Prime-provider source

Serco prime-provider source

Open source

Editorial note

Current regional responsibility in the public contract structure. The starter ledger uses this to map visible current hotel sites to a prime provider.

Editorial note

Regional asylum accommodation provider under the current Home Office contract structure.