Cheltenham Borough Council Supplier Payments Over £500

Cheltenham Borough Council publishes reports listing payments to suppliers where the charge to a specific cost centre is greater than or equal to £500. This data forms part of the council's commitment to transparency with its residents. The dataset is provided in CSV format under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and was last updated on 2026-06-29.

Use Cases

• Analyzing patterns in local government procurement based on payment amounts over £500.
• Monitoring public spending transparency initiatives based on published payment reports.
• Investigating supplier relationships and expenditure distribution for a specific local authority.

Strengths

• Data is published as part of a formal commitment to transparency by Cheltenham Borough Council.
• Payments are itemized with a clear threshold of £500 or more per cost centre charge.
• The dataset is provided in the structured CSV format.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-06-29.

Provenance

Source

Cheltenham Borough Council

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the council's financial systems for public reporting.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 15:13:51.101281

Geography

Cheltenham, United Kingdom