Camden Borough Financial Transactions Over £500 Since 2014

All financial transactions over £500 made by the London Borough of Camden since October 2014. The dataset includes payment date, amount, and beneficiary details and is updated approximately once a month. It is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in local government expenditure based on payment date and amount.
• Identify major suppliers and beneficiaries of public funds based on the payment beneficiary field.
• Monitor monthly spending patterns and fiscal cycles using the Payment Month and Payment Year columns.
• Conduct transparency and accountability audits of public sector spending.

Strengths

• Covers a long time series of transactions starting from October 2014.
• Includes key financial details: payment date, amount, and beneficiary.
• Has a defined monthly update schedule for new records.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to a single UK borough.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Camden

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the borough's financial systems.

Time Range

October 2014 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:16.658334; updated approximately monthly.

Geography

London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom