Suppliers, contracts, transactions, equalities information and staff data
Find information about how we spend public money, award contracts, publish workforce data and meet our transparency requirements.
Using this data
We're committed to being open about how we make decisions, spend public money and deliver services.
On this page you can find information about:
- payments to suppliers
- contracts and procurement
- transactions
- grants and local spending
- pay gap reporting and workforce data
You can use this information under the terms of the Open Government Licence. If you use this data, cite the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as the source.
Payments to suppliers over £500
View records of payments we have made to suppliers where the value exceeds £500.
- April 2026 to March 2027
- April 2025 to March 2026
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- April 2024 to March 2025
- April 2023 to March 2024
- April 2022 to March 2023
- April 2021 to March 2022
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April 2020 to March 2021
- April 2019 to March 2020
- April 2018 to March 2019
- April 2017 to March 2018
- April 2016 to March 2017
- April 2015 to March 2016
Supplier payment performance
View information about how quickly we pay supplier invoices and our performance against payment targets.
- April 2022 to March 2023
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Financial year Percentage invoices paid within 30 days Interest (£s) actually paid to suppliers Interest (£s) liable to be paid to suppliers Number of invoices not paid within 30 days 2022/2023 97.42% £0.00 £37,570 1,791 - April 2021 to March 2022
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Financial year Percentage invoices paid within 30 days Interest (£s) actually paid to suppliers Interest (£s) liable to be paid to suppliers Number of invoices not paid within 30 days 2021/2022 98.07% £0.00 £14,439 1,001 - April 2020 to March 2021
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Financial year Percentage invoices paid within 30 days Interest (£s) actually paid to suppliers Interest (£s) liable to be paid to suppliers Number of invoices not paid within 30 days 2020/21 98.03% £0.00 £24,904 1,180 - April 2019 to March 2020
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Financial year Percentage invoices paid within 30 days Interest (£s) actually paid to suppliers Interest (£s) liable to be paid to suppliers Number of invoices not paid within 30 days 2019/20 97.20% £0.00 £40,404 1,013 - April 2018 to March 2019
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Financial year Percentage invoices paid within 30 days Interest (£s) actually paid to suppliers Interest (£s) liable to be paid to suppliers Number of invoices not paid within 30 days 2018/19 97.87% £0.00 £6,764 479 All Invoices Interest (£'s) liable to be paid to suppliers Number of invoices not paid within 30 days Number of invoices paid within 30 days Total Invoices Percentage invoices paid within 30 days VIM 6,724.44 472 7463 7935 94.1% NON-VIM 39.50 7 14507 14514 100.0% Total 6,763.94 479 21970 22449 97.9%
Contracts awarded
- April 2024 to March 2025
- April 2023 to March 2024
- Contracts awarded, April 2022 to March 2023
- 2021 - Contracts awarded (April 2021 to March 2022)
- 2020 - Contracts awarded (April 2020 to March 2021)
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- 2019 - Contracts awarded (April 2019 to March 2020)
- 2018 - Contracts awarded (April 2018 to March 2019)
- 2017 - Contracts awarded (April 2017 to March 2018)
- 2016 - Contracts awarded (April 2016 to March 2017)
- 2015 - Contracts awarded (April 2015 to March 2016)
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- Information on contracts awarded January - March 2015 [PDF] (file size 196Kb)
- 2014 - Contracts awarded (April 2014 to March 2015)
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- Information on contracts awarded October - December 2014 [PDF] (file size 273Kb)
- Information on contracts awarded July - September 2014 [PDF] (file size 213Kb)
Invitations to tender
- 2019 - Invitations to tender
- 2016 - Invitations to tender
- 2015 - Invitations to tender
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- Information on invitations to tender published by the Council January - March 2015 [PDF] (file size 290Kb)
- 2014 - Invitations to tender
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- Information on invitations to tender published by the council October - December 2014 [PDF] (file size 285Kb)
- Information on invitations to tender published by the council July - September 2014 [PDF] (file size 189Kb)
Waste management contracts
View information on our waste contracts (PDF, file size 178Kb)
Contracts register
The contracts register includes most of our contracted relationships with suppliers above £20,000.
Find out more about our contracts register.
Grants
Council tax reduction scheme
See our Council Tax reduction scheme, 2021 (PDF, 2.37 MB)
Ward spend
You can search for information on spending at ward level. Information is administered by the Community Engagement Team on local projects.
Council assets
We value and account for council housing stock through the Housing Revenue Account, as required by law.
The information we publish uses the latest valuation and does not identify individual properties.
See our social housing asset data, 2022 (PDF, 515 KB)
Salaries, expenses and allowances
The following document sets out our Pay Policy which came into effect on1 April 2023.
It also includes an extract of a report to Council setting out the context and requirements of a pay policy.
The policy will be kept under review and updated as necessary.
Pay policy 2025 to 2026
Gender and ethnicity pay gap report by year
We publish a gender pay gap report by 30 March each year as required by law. The report is based on data from 31 March of the previous year.
We also publish ethnicity and disability pay gap information to help us understand how inclusive and diverse our workforce is.
We also seek views of staff through regular surveys and analyse the composition of our workforce at different levels to identify the progress we have made and where further action is required. A wide range of activities are delivered through our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) strategy.
- Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, 2025 to 2026 (PDF, 719.93 KB)
- Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, 2024 to 2025 (PDF, 1.85 MB)
- Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, 2023 to 2024 (PDF, 440.78 KB)
- Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, 2022 to 2023 (PDF, 627.32 KB)
- Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, 2021 to 2022 (PDF, 765.76)
- Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap report, 2020 to 2021 (PDF, 558.71 KB)
- Senior staff roles - salary bands and organisation chart - including numbers of staff whose pay and benefits are above £50,000 (in £5,000 bands).
- Members' allowances - members receive an allowance to ensure that they are not financially penalised for carrying out their duties (updated as required).
Constitution
The Council's constitution sets out how we operate and make decisions. It also contains the procedures that make sure the Council is efficient, transparent and accountable to local people
Council organisational structure
Details of the councils Management structure
Parking reports
Our annual report sets out important facts and figures about our activities and policies
Counter fraud work
Local authorities must publish the following information under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 about their counter fraud work:
| Information | RBKC 17/18 | RBKC 18/19 | RBKC 19/20 |
| Number of occasions they use powers under the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014, or similar powers | 105 | 72 | 121 |
| Total number (absolute and full-time equivalent) of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Total number (absolute and full-time equivalent) of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists | 4 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud | £343,710 | £354,000 | £534,500 |
| Total number of fraud cases investigated | 298 | 400 | 366 |
Equalities data, information and objectives
- Data by topic.
- Customer services - contains a range of data and information in response to customer exit surveys.
- Education - schools data relating to attendance and performance.
- Health and social care - contains a range of data relating to survey feedback and access to services.
- Housing - narrative and charts covering equalities profile of access to housing services.
- Workforce - data on the equalities profile of Council staff.
Transparency policy
The Council’s approach to transparency and expectations for our services around transparency is set out below:
- Transparency Policy and Public Data Principles (PDF, file size 23Kb)
Census 2011
See the findings from the last census in 2011 - reports by ward.
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