Open data - payments to suppliers (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024) Edit

This dataset provides a breakdown of payments (invoices) to and refunds (credit notes) from suppliers providing goods and/or services to Stirling Council where the individual gross value is £500 (500 GBP) or more. Separate summary entries are included for invoices and credit notes where individual gross values are less than £500 (500 GBP).

The table below provides a description of columns within the dataset.

Column	Type	Description
Cost_Centre_Name	string	Identifies the activity, department, project, property or section to which invoices for payment of goods and/or services received are assigned and refunds, in the form of credit notes, are applied.
Supplier_Name	string	Organisation providing goods and/or services.
Transaction_Type	string	Invoice or Credit Note.
Net_Value	numeric	Value of invoice or credit note excluding VAT. Credit notes are assigned a negative value.
VAT	numeric	Value Added Tax.
Gross_Value	numeric	Value of invoice or credit note including VAT. Credit notes are assigned a negative value.
Sub_Ledger	string	Trade Creditors or Purchase Cards.
Transaction_Reference	string	Application generated reference used in combination with Batch Number to ensure each row within this dataset is unique.
Batch_Number	string	Application generated number used in combination with Transaction Reference to ensure each row within this dataset is unique.
Financial_Year_Ending	string	Financial year begins on 1 April and ends the following year on 31 March.
Period	numeric	Accounting period. There are 13 periods in the financial year. Period 13 records the activity relating to finalising the accounts for the year.
Quarter	numeric	Accounting quarter. Aligned to corresponding accounting periods in the financial year as follows: - Quarter 1: April - June (periods 1,2 & 3); - Quarter 2: July - September (periods 4, 5 & 6); - Quarter 3: October - December (periods 7, 8, & 9); and, - Quarter 4: January - March (periods 10, 11, 12 & 13).

Details of Stirling's annual accounts can be found of the Council's website.

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Additional Info

License	UK Open Government Licence v3.0
Category	Budget / Finance, Business and Economy, Council and Government, Housing and Estates, Planning and Development
Maintainer	Stirling Council
Date Created	2024-05-30
Date Updated	2024-05-30
Original dataset link	https://data-stirling-council.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/stirling-council::open-data-payments-to-suppliers-1-april-2023-to-31-march-2024