Enfield Council has approved a £1.15m contract to refurbish the Angel Community Centre on Raynham Road, Upper Edmonton. Only one of six invited firms bid.

The Angel Community Centre on Raynham Road, Upper Edmonton, is to get a £1.15 million refurbishment. Enfield Council has approved a one-year building contract with Sullivan Brothers Ltd.

The decision was taken on 14 October by the council’s Director of Transport, Climate and Place and published on 16 October. It could be called in by councillors until 23 October; the council’s record showed no call-ins on that day, so it takes effect from Saturday 24 October. (Enfield Council, decision KD 6058)

The work is paid for by central government, not council tax. It comes from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Regeneration Fund, formerly the Levelling Up Fund, as part of the council’s Shaping Edmonton programme.

What the money buys

The centre already has small workspaces to rent, a commercial kitchen, a hall often used by a nursery, and a large hall. The council’s report says the project covers:

  • refurbishment of about 630 square metres of community space
  • conversion of a vacant 109 square metre caretaker’s flat into office space the council can let
  • a new entrance canopy
  • better windows to bring more daylight into the new workspace, plus solar shading
  • new planters
  • upgraded main hall facilities and more storage

Planning permission for the scheme was granted on 23 April 2026, the report says. (KD 6058 report (PDF))

One bidder out of six

The council invited six firms to tender after a site visit. Only one, Sullivan Brothers, submitted a bid. The report calls Sullivans “a local contractor with a strong track record” on council projects in the borough. Its bid scored 36 out of a possible 40 on quality.

The council’s figures for the price:

  • £1,091,193: Sullivans’ tender, excluding VAT
  • less than 3%: how far that sat above the council’s own cost estimate, according to an independent quantity surveyor
  • £101,785: the saving agreed with the contractor by trimming the design
  • £989,408: the construction price after those savings
  • £1,148,348.80: the contract award once contingency is added

One figure in the report does not match. Its VAT section describes “a total estimated contract value of £1,488,349”. Every other reference, including the recommendation and the decision itself, gives £1,148,348.80.

Where the money comes from

The whole project, including design, surveys and fees, is put at about £1.4 million, all from the government grant. Of that, £103,000 was spent in 2025/26. The council signed a memorandum with the ministry in March 2026 for a £12 million Shaping Edmonton grant, and says it has received £9.7 million so far.

The money must be spent by the end of March 2028. The report expects the centre to be finished early in the 2027/28 financial year.

What it means for you

  • The plan is to work around current users. The report says the works will be phased to keep disruption to existing tenants and hirers to a minimum, though it warns that some disruption to services and income is possible.
  • Hiring a room? The centre earns money mainly from renting rooms for offices and meetings; the council budgets £141,000 of income this year. Ask the centre how the phasing affects your booking.
  • More space to rent afterwards. The old caretaker’s flat becomes lettable office space. The council has not yet decided whether to lease it or hire it out, and says it will work that out once the running costs are known.
  • No new date yet. The council has not published a start date for the works.

The council’s report is on the decision page for KD 6058, with its equality impact assessment as appendix 1 (PDF).