Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

World Vision UK paid suppliers in 38 days on average — 8 days past its stated terms

CRN 01675552 · Health & social care · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

38daysavg time to pay · H2 2024

Their H2 2024 filing put the average 8 days past the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 1% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 8%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Sept 2024
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Nov 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing

Paid 8 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–45

avg 38d

0 days45 days

reported avg 38 days their filed terms 7–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 21% 31–60 days 70% 61+ days 8%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #91307, period 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Sept 2024, filed 5 Nov 2024 · gov.uk payment-practices service

World Vision UK paid 8 days past its own stated terms. 1% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 8% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2024 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

Held steady around 38 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 38 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±5 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

World Vision UK's H2 2024 filing put their average at 38 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 1% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Nov 2024.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±5 days period to period.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from receipt of invoice

Dispute resolution

All invoices or queries should be addressed to: Accounts Payable, World Vision UK, World Vision House, Opal Drive, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes MK15 0ZR, and emailed to: [email protected]. Suppliers must only accept orders which are accompanied by an approved World Vision UK purchase order. Relevant purchase order numbers must be quoted on supplier invoices. Supplier complaints or concerns will be considered by the supplier’s relationship manager and the WVUK Finance department within 21 days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2024	38	1%	8%	5 Nov 2024
H1 2024	42	78%	8%	2 May 2024
H2 2023	33	31%	6%	22 Nov 2023
H1 2023	34	35%	12%	28 Apr 2023
H2 2022	36	38%	11%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	39	49%	11%	30 Jun 2022
H2 2021	36	45%	6%	29 Oct 2021
H1 2021	38	39%	10%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	32	93%	1%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	32	90%	1%	30 Oct 2020
H2 2019	28	34%	1%	24 Oct 2019
H1 2019	28	34%	1%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	26	41%	1%	31 Oct 2018
H1 2018	26	33%	22%	30 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 3 Nov 1982
Registered office: WORLD VISION HOUSE, MILTON KEYNES, MK15 0ZR

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 38-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £12,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · World Vision UK

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±5 days period to period, around 38 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 38, moving within about ±5 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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