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How long does Versus Arthritis take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00490500 · Health & social care · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

10days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
13 Jan 1951
Registered office
3RD FLOOR, LONDON, EC1A 4JQ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–30 days. Reported average: 10.

Stated terms0–30d
+10 days
Reported avg10d

At a glance

The key figures

0–30d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
-12d
faster over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 97% of the 140 large companies reporting in health & social care.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

22
21
20
19
15
10
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 88% 31–60 days 6% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Versus Arthritis has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2020). Their latest report puts the average at 10 days against stated terms of 0–30 days.

The direction is faster: from 22 to 10 days over the window — about 12 days faster.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

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In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 Days -this could vary in relation to the supplier or service provided. This is managed and controlled by relevant stakeholders responsible for the supplier relationship. Our conditions of awards state all claims invoiced will be paid within 30 days of receipt subject to the required verifications and authorisation. Award invoices must go through a three stage process. 1. Finance receive and log the invoice 2. The invoice is sent to the operations team for verification and authorisation. The authorisation is subject to the scrutiny below 3. Once the invoice is authorised it is returned to finance for payment on the next scheduled month end payment run. Any claims received must contain sufficient detail to enable us to verify the costs incurred against the financial breakd

Dispute resolution

We refer to the contract between parties as a starting point, and if there are specific issues and challenges then we will engage in a discussion to find a mutually acceptable solution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026108%6%1 Jul 2026
H2 20251515%4%31 Oct 2025
H1 20251913%1%13 Aug 2025
H2 20242013%1%5 Aug 2025
H1 20242113%1%4 Aug 2025
H2 20232215%2%15 Aug 2024
H1 20232525%5%26 Apr 2023
H2 20222725%5%3 Nov 2022
H1 2022240%4%20 Jun 2022
H2 20212523%5%19 Oct 2021
H1 20212825%5%28 Apr 2021
H2 20203237%8%30 Oct 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 10-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 10-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £4,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 10-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 12 days faster over the window (22 → 10 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 10, moving within about ±5 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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