UK council spending · supplier
The Innovation Unit Ltd: council payments
3 published councils paid The Innovation Unit Ltd £120,703 across 6 payments dated 12 June 2025 to 17 July 2026, as the councils publish them in their spending files.
The largest payer was City of York Council (£103,223).
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 (Olympus publication) · Markdown version
- Payments as each council publishes them under the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, mapped onto one schema. Amounts, dates and names are not adjusted: councils differ in threshold (over £500, over £250 or all spend), in whether amounts include VAT, and in which date they publish (payment, posting or certification). Redacted payees, usually individuals, are returned as redacted and never named. See GET /v1/uk-council-spending/coverage for the councils, files and months loaded.
- Suppliers are grouped by a normalised form of the published name (upper case, punctuation removed, LIMITED as LTD, ...). Grouping is not identity: different organisations can share a name, and one organisation can appear under several. A supplier is linked to a company only through a Companies House number a council file publishes.
Totals by council
Each council's payments to this supplier name, from the spending files in that council's catalogue.
| Council | Payments | Total | First payment | Last payment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of York Council | 4 | £103,223.31 | 12 June 2025 | 2 March 2026 | York Open Data catalogue, 14 August 2026 |
| Sheffield City Council | 1 | £9,880.00 | 8 April 2026 | 8 April 2026 | Data Mill North catalogue |
| Calderdale Council | 1 | £7,600.00 | 17 July 2026 | 17 July 2026 | Calderdale Data Works catalogue |
Totals by month
Payments from every council above, by the month of the date each council publishes.
| Month | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 1 | £33,278.31 |
| July 2025 | 1 | £5,000.00 |
| September 2025 | 1 | £33,278.33 |
| March 2026 | 1 | £31,666.67 |
| April 2026 | 1 | £9,880.00 |
| July 2026 | 1 | £7,600.00 |
- Amounts as published: no VAT adjustment and no reconciliation to accounts. Negative amounts are credits.
Recent payments
The 6 latest payments, each with the council file it is read from.
| Payment date | Council | Amount | Expense type | Source file (file date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2026 | Calderdale Council | £7,600.00 | Expenses | July 2026.csv |
| 8 April 2026 | Sheffield City Council | £9,880.00 | BUSINESS & MGMT CONSULTANTS (GENERAL) | PUBLISHED REPORT - April 2026.xlsx |
| 2 March 2026 | City of York Council | £31,666.67 | Other Agencies | over250payments2025.csv (10 April 2026) |
| 16 September 2025 | City of York Council | £33,278.33 | Other Agencies | over250payments2025.csv (10 April 2026) |
| 1 July 2025 | City of York Council | £5,000.00 | Other Agencies | over250payments2025.csv (10 April 2026) |
| 12 June 2025 | City of York Council | £33,278.31 | Other Agencies | over250payments2025.csv (10 April 2026) |
Top expense types
How the councils label these payments, largest first.
| Expense type | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Other Agencies | 4 | £103,223.31 |
| BUSINESS & MGMT CONSULTANTS (GENERAL) | 1 | £9,880.00 |
| Expenses | 1 | £7,600.00 |
Names and identifiers
The spellings councils publish, and the numbers their files carry or the shared identifier registry links. Payments are grouped by a normalised name, which is not identity.
| Name or identifier | Value | Where from |
|---|---|---|
| Name as published | The Innovation Unit Ltd | 4 payments |
| Name as published | The Innovation Unit Limited | 1 payments |
| Name as published | THE INNOVATION UNIT LIMITED | 1 payments |
- Supplier pages exist only for suppliers paid at least £100,000 in total or by at least 3 councils, and only when the published lines show an organisation (a Companies House or charity number, a legal form such as LTD or PLC, or a public body's name) and the name has no personal title. Sole traders, individuals and payees councils redact get no page.
Sources
- City of York Council spending files (York Open Data catalogue) — City of York Council. Payments dated 2 April 2025 to 31 July 2026, source date 2026-08-14. https://data.yorkopendata.org/api/3/action/package_show?id=all-payments-to-suppliers
- Sheffield City Council spending files (Data Mill North catalogue) — Sheffield City Council. Payments dated 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. https://datamillnorth.org/api/action/package_show?id=emd0m
- Calderdale Council spending files (Calderdale Data Works catalogue) — Calderdale Council. Payments dated 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026. https://dataworks.calderdale.gov.uk/api/action/package_show?id=2wqx8
- Published by Olympus on Oct 21, 2026.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0 (City of York Council).
- City of York Council: licence as the catalogue states it: Open Government Licence 2.0 (United Kingdom) (York Open Data record license_title).
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Sheffield City Council).
- Sheffield City Council: licence as the catalogue states it: Open Government Licence v3 (Data Mill North record license_title).
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0 (Calderdale Council).
- Calderdale Council: licence as the catalogue states it: Open Government Licence v2 (Calderdale Data Works record license_title).
Get this data from the API
The same figures, with provenance on every value, from the API (free API key, reference).
curl -s "https://api.olympus.new-odyssey.com/v1/uk-council-spending/suppliers/innovation-unit-ltd" -H "X-API-Key: $OLYMPUS_API_KEY"
curl -s "https://api.olympus.new-odyssey.com/v1/uk-council-spending/transactions?supplier=innovation-unit-ltd" -H "X-API-Key: $OLYMPUS_API_KEY"