Summary
Theme:
Economy and finance
Description:
Monthly cash flow, profit and loss for small and medium-sized businesses in the UK.
Identifier:
DS_SMB_MON
Access Tier:
Controlled
Contact Point:
Documentation
Documentation:
This dataset provides monthly financial microdata for small and medium-sized businesses. Among other fields, it covers CapEx, revenue, expenditure, profit and VAT payments.
The data is made up of pseudonymised business records from a major UK cloud accounting provider and is accessible at microdata level through Smart Data Foundry's Trusted Research Environment (TRE). It enables in-depth research on business finances nationally and across a variety of sectors.
Synthetic Data:
A synthetic version is available for testing purposes
Collection:
This dataset forms part of the SMB Operations collection
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Levels:
outward code
Temporal
Start Date:
01 April 2022
End Date:
01 September 2025
Frequency:
STATIC
Temporal Aggregation:
Monthly
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
Administrative
Source:
Small and medium-sized business records from a major UK cloud accounting provider
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
- Research specific restrictions
- Ethics approval required
- Project specific restriction
Access
Access Service:
Trusted research environment
Data Controller:
Smart Data Foundry
Licence:
License Not Specified
Format and Standards
Language:
English
Format:
- CSV
- Parquet