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How long does Royal Mencap Society take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00550457 · Health & social care · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

14days
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
9 Jun 1955
Registered office
6 CYRUS WAY, PETERBOROUGH, PE7 8HP
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–30 days. Reported average: 14.

Stated terms0–30d
+14 days
Reported avg14d

At a glance

The key figures

0–30d
their stated terms
34%
invoices paid outside terms
-20d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 91% of the 140 large companies reporting in health & social care.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

34
19
16
14
20
14
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 90% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Royal Mencap Society has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 14 days against stated terms of 0–30 days.

The direction is faster: from 34 to 14 days over the window — about 20 days faster.

In the latest period 34% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

18% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Mencap sets guidance that a standard 30 day term should apply to all contracts.

Dispute resolution

Disputes over payments are dealt with either by the accounts payable team or by the procurement team depending on the supplier. Where we have an organisation wide contract in place with a preferred supplier, the buyer responsible for that supplier would normally deal with the issue. For smaller suppliers the accounts payable team would normally deal with the issue, often with reference to the manager that placed the order for goods or services. Any issues regarding invoices or payments in the first instance will be directed to the accounts payable team and they will manage in the way that is most appropriate to the specific query, responding to the email within 48 hours.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261434%6%27 Apr 2026
H2 20252036%5%9 Oct 2025
H1 20251433%7%22 Apr 2025
H2 20241640%7%12 Feb 2025
H1 20241952%7%12 Feb 2025
H2 20233463%11%12 Feb 2025
H1 20231647%9%12 Feb 2025
H2 20222148%8%12 Feb 2025
H1 20221541%1%21 Apr 2022
H2 20211555%1%12 Oct 2021
H1 20211859%3%28 Apr 2021
H2 20201564%1%11 Jan 2021
H1 20201536%0%11 Jan 2021
H2 20193444%11%17 Oct 2019
H1 20193847%12%1 May 2019
H2 20183647%13%30 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 14-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 14-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £5,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 14-day cycle — about £5,500 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 20 days faster over the window (34 → 14 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 14, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

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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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