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What we spend and how

Spending review

You may veiw the HM Treasury Spending Review information here. 

Financial statements, budgets and variance reports

Our latest Operating Accounts, Statement of total recognised gains and losses, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statements and notes to the accounts (which include staff numbers, staff costs, pension costs, operating charges and fixed assets) are available in our Annual Report.

Corporate expenditure

Ordnance Survey is fully committed to the Government's transparency agenda. In support of this we publish data on our website confirming our expenditure with suppliers for year 6 April 2009 to 5 April 2010. 

You may view our corporate expenditure items over £500 in the last financial year.

Staff and board members allowance and expenses

Information to follow.

Pay and grading structures

Roles at Ordnance Survey are aligned to one of the grades in the left-hand column of the table below, with the applicable fully competent remuneration rate for each role detailed.

Senior Manager Heads are not part of collective bargaining and have a broad pay range approach, their minimum and maximum levels are shown.

This table does not detail Senior Civil Service (SCS) grades. Remuneration of the Chairman, Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Directors and Non-Executive Directors may be found in the current Annual Report.

Grade Fully Competent Rate Civil Service equivalent grade
1C £19 059 Admin Officer or SGB1
2A £22 665 Executive Officer
2B £26 245 Executive Officer
2C £28 331 Executive/Higher Executive Officer
3A £31 937 Higher Executive Officer
3B £35 027 Higher/Senior Executive Officer
3C £39 148 Senior Executive Officer
4A £46 359 Senior Executive Officer/Grade 7
4B £51 510 Grade 7
4C £56 661 Grade 7

Grade Minimum Maximum Civil Service equivalent grade
SMH £60 000 £83 000

Grade 6

 

Procurement and tendering process

You may view information about our procurement guide, tendering and how we work with suppliers.

List of contracts and their award value

You may view past procurement contracts above the OJEU threshold.

Internal financial Regulations

We comply with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) as amended by the government's Financial Reporting Manual (FReM), and our accounting policies are set out in our Annual Accounts.

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For general enquiries, complaints, feedback or suggestions, email: customerservices@ordnancesurvey.co.uk or call us on 08456 05 05 05