Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Voluntary Service Overseas paid suppliers in 8 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 00703509 · Education · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

8daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 22 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 2% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2019 – 30 Sept 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Oct 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid 22 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 8d

0 days40 days

reported avg 8 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 98% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #23002, period 1 Apr 2019 – 30 Sept 2019, filed 28 Oct 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Voluntary Service Overseas paid 22 days inside its stated 30-day term. 2% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

15 → 8 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 3 of 3 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

7 days faster across the window. From 15 days in H2 2018 to 8 in the H2 2019 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Voluntary Service Overseas's H2 2019 filing put their average at 8 days against stated terms of 30 days; 2% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Oct 2019.

The direction is faster: from 15 days in H2 2018 to 8 now — 7 days faster across their last 3 reports.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless otherwise agreed in writing the Supplier shall invoice after the delivery of the goods or performance of the services unless otherwise agreed in writing by the purchaser. The purchaser shall pay for the goods or services no later than 30 days after the receipt of a correct invoice unless otherwise agreed. The Purchaser will be entitled to set off against the price any sums owed to the Purchaser by the Supplier

Dispute resolution

It is the responsibility of the staff member acting as contract manager, seeking advice from the Finance department and/or procurement department to s resolve supplier disputes. Disputes are to be resolved in an amicable and timely manner. If a dispute cannot be resolved it is referred for arbitration or expert resolution as recorded in the VSO standard contract terms and conditions

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	8	2%	1%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	20	6%	1%	29 May 2019
H2 2018	15	4%	0%	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: 18 Sept 1961
Registered office: 2 PUTNEY HILL, LONDON, SW15 6AB

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Voluntary Service Overseas

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (15 → 8 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 8; across their last 3 reports it ranged 8–20 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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