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How long does Spire Healthcare Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01522532 · Health & social care · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

32days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 Oct 1980
Registered office
3 DORSET RISE, LONDON, EC4Y 8EN
16 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms0–60d
+32 days
Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
64%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 68% of the 140 large companies reporting in health & social care.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

36
33
35
33
34
32
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 49% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Spire Healthcare Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 36 to 32 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 64% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

28 days

Dispute resolution

The main point of contact for disputes is the Spire Healthcare Accounts Payable office in Reading. In response to a query (or dispute), the team there will check the status of the invoice and, if necessary, raise the query with the buyer at the hospital who will contact the supplier to resolve the issue.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263264%3%28 Jul 2026
H2 20253471%3%30 Jan 2026
H1 20253367%3%5 Aug 2025
H2 20243575%4%30 Jan 2025
H1 20243362%6%31 Jul 2024
H2 20233678%8%30 Jan 2024
H1 20234080%12%7 Jul 2023
H2 20224081%16%6 Jan 2023
H1 20227097%21%6 Jan 2023
H2 20212121%3%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213375%5%2 Aug 2021
H2 20203369%4%29 Jan 2021
H1 20203666%10%30 Jul 2020
H2 20192312%2%30 Jan 2020
H1 20192623%3%23 Jul 2019
H2 20182619%2%30 Jan 2019
H1 20182713%3%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £12,600 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 4 days faster over the window (36 → 32 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±2 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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