Council spending over £500

Our transparency commitment

We’re committed to transparency in all our dealings. Publishing our spending information allows residents to challenge how council money is spent, if they wish.

Information has only been excluded from publication where it:

• is exempt from publication under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016
• relates to the protection of vulnerable adults or children
• is confidential or would attract an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act, for example where disclosure could be prejudicial to the commercial interests of any person, including the council

The spending data has been prepared in accordance with the Local Transparency Guide – Local Government Association.

Any requests for further details about these items will be dealt with under Freedom of Information provisions. 

You can contact us with any questions:

Email: exchequer@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk

How we produce the data

Data has been extracted from the council’s purchase ledger system, eFinancials and supplemented by direct bank payments and purchase card records.

All invoice payments over £500 are disclosed excluding VAT. However, if the exclusion of VAT brings the total payment from above the £500 threshold to below the £500 threshold the payment is disclosed. So some payments of under £500 have also been included in the data.

Credit notes over £500 have also been included and are shown as negative figure.

Each member of the council’s cabinet has responsibility for a portfolio which consists of a group of services. All items of expenditure are allocated to either:

• a portfolio
• spend on capital projects (capital expenditure being expenditure on the acquisition or creation of a fixed asset, or expenditure which adds to, and not merely maintains, the value of an existing asset)

Payments containing personal information have been redacted and the entry is listed as ‘REDACTED PERSONAL DATA’.

Spending documents

We keep spending information from the past six years on the council website. To request older records, contact customer services using the details at the bottom of this page.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

Procurement card transactions

Details of all transactions undertaken using a government procurement card.

2025 to 2026

2024 to 2025

 2023 to 2024

2022 to 2023

2021 to 2022

2020 to 2021

• Procurement Card January February March 2021 (CSV File, 41kb)
• Procurement card transactions October November December 2020 (PDF File, 118kb)
• Procurement Card Transactions July August September 2020 (PDF File, 189kb)
• Procurement Card Transactions April May June 2020 (PDF File, 140kb)

2019 to 2020

• Procurement Card Transactions January February March 2020 (PDF File, 198kb)
• Procurement Card Transactions October November December 2019 (PDF File, 220kb)
• Procurement Card Transactions July August September 2019 (PDF File, 189kb)
• Payment card Transactions April May June 2019 (PDF File, 195kb)