Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Royal Mencap Society pays suppliers in 14 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 16 days inside their stated 30-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 34% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 6%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 16 days inside the 30-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
34 → 14 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Royal Mencap Society's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 14 days against stated terms of 30 days; 34% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Apr 2026.
The direction is faster: from 34 days in H2 2023 to 14 now — 20 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 90% of the 138 large companies reporting in health & social care.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
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.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 14 | 34% | 6% | 27 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 20 | 36% | 5% | 9 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 14 | 33% | 7% | 22 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 16 | 40% | 7% | 12 Feb 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 19 | 52% | 7% | 12 Feb 2025 |
| H2 2023 | 34 | 63% | 11% | 12 Feb 2025 |
| H1 2023 | 16 | 47% | 9% | 12 Feb 2025 |
| H2 2022 | 21 | 48% | 8% | 12 Feb 2025 |
| H1 2022 | 15 | 41% | 1% | 21 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 15 | 55% | 1% | 12 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 18 | 59% | 3% | 28 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 15 | 64% | 1% | 11 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 15 | 36% | 0% | 11 Jan 2021 |
| H2 2019 | 34 | 44% | 11% | 17 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 38 | 47% | 12% | 1 May 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 36 | 47% | 13% | 30 Oct 2018 |
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
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