Payments to suppliers
A list of payments over £500 to suppliers is published (exclusive of VAT) on a quarterly basis.
Publication of these reports form part of the Council's commitment to be open and transparent with its residents.
Suppliers can be:
- limited companies
- other local authorities
- government departments
- community organisations
- small businesses
- self-employed
The only payments included are the ones the Council has made to purchase goods and services. Some spend is split between Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council. This is shown in the reports.
This information was previously available to the public on request. All Councils are now encouraged to publish whatever supplier payment information they can, at minimum cost.
All spend (exclusive of VAT) using the Government Procurement Cards that are held by officers within the Council is also published.
The below files are in CSV format.
Financial Year 2024-25
Financial Year 2023-24
- Payments over £500 January 2024 - March 2024
- Purchase card spend January 2024 - March 2024
- Payments over £500 October 2023 - December 2023
- Purchase card spend October 2023 - December 2023
- Payments over £500 July 2023 - September 2023
- Purchase card spend July 2023 - September 2023
- Payments over £250 April 2023 - June 2023
- Purchase card spend April 2023 - June 2023
Financial Year 2022-23
- Payments over £250 January 2023 - March 2023
- Purchase card spend January 2023 - March 2023
- Payments over £250 October 2022 - December 2022
- Purchase card spend October 2022 - December 2022
- Payments over £250 July 2022 - September 2022
- Purchase card spend July 2022 - September 2022
- Payments over £250 April 2022 - June 2022
- Purchase card spend April 2022 - June 2022
Financial Year 2021-22
- Payments over £250 January 2022 - March 2022
- Purchase card spend January 2022 - March 2022
- Payments over £250 October 2021 - December 2021
- Purchase card spend October 2021 - December 2021
- Payments over £250 July 2021 - September 2021
- Purchase card spend July 2021 - September 2021
- Payments over £250 April 2021 - June 2021
- Purchase card spend April 2021 - June 2021
Payment performance statistics
The following table shows the percentage of invoices paid within 30 days (with no interest being paid due to late payment):
Financial year | Percentage paid (within 30 days) |
---|---|
2023-2024 | 96.36% |
2022-2023 | 98.3% |
2021-2022 | 98.2% |
2020-2021 | 98.6% |
2019-2020 | 98.6% |
2018-2019 | 96.8% |
2017-2018 | 96% |
2016-2017 | 97.6% |
Purchase orders
If you have questions about purchase orders, please read our information below