This spreadsheet records open access article processing charges (APCs)paid from University of Kent's Research Councils UK (RCUK) open access budget between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, along with University of Kent’s overall compliance with the RCUK open access policy. RCUK was subsumed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on 1 May 2018. The report was presented to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) on 23 May 2018