Council Credit Card Spending: Solent Travel: ~£300,000

The first and most noticeable amount of money spent on council credit cards VB revealed today is to the ferry companies.

Ferry:Looking at the Merchants view of the credit card data on Armchair Auditor we can see the amounts spent by the council officers and councillors as Wightlink at £143,307 and Red Funnel at £123,844 leap off the top of the list. To find Hovertravel you’ll have to use the search feature (top right) – that comes in at an additional £14,950.

Nearly £300,000 spent by Isle of Wight council staff on their credit cards in just three years.

That’s ~£100,000 spent on Solent travel every year.

That’s an average of ~£400 spent each and every working day over those three years.


Amount No. sales Average/work day
Wightlink £143,307 3063 £199.04
Red Funnel £123,844 3432 £172.01
Hovertravel £14,950 914 £20.76




Total £267,151

Avg year £89,050

Avg per working day £371

Image: Ron Saunders47 under CC BY 2.0