Payments to suppliers (1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022) - open data

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).