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Wateraid pays suppliers in 30 days on average — right on its stated terms

CRN 01787329 · Health & social care · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

30daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average right on the 30-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
6%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid right on the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

37 → 30 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Wateraid's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 30 days against stated terms of 30 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 37 days in H2 2023 to 30 now — 7 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 63% of the 138 large companies reporting in health & social care.

That is 15 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 stated on the invoice we endeavour to pay our suppliers within 30 days. Occasionally a supplier will request an immediate payment, but we currently do not retain the data if immediate payment is required.

Dispute resolution

When the delivery of goods or services is disputed, the budget holder will liaise with the supplier and ensure both parties are clear why payment is being withheld. If the supplier is of the opinion that the goods or services have been delivered in a satisfactory manner, accounts payable would ensure the budget holder is happy to approve the invoice on our invoice management software or obtain sufficient reason for withholding payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263022%6%24 Apr 2026
H2 20253125%7%22 Oct 2025
H1 20253232%7%28 Apr 2025
H2 20243023%7%18 Oct 2024
H1 20243023%7%29 Apr 2024
H2 20233724%9%27 Oct 2023
H1 20234132%15%25 Apr 2023
H2 20223530%12%4 Jan 2023
H1 20222023%3%4 Jan 2023
H2 20213324%9%12 Nov 2021
H1 20212421%3%30 Apr 2021
H2 20202721%6%29 Oct 2020
H2 20192218%6%31 Oct 2019
H1 20193326%9%24 Apr 2019
H2 20183631%12%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
30 Jan 1984
Registered office
6TH FLOOR, LONDON, E14 5NN
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Wateraid

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (37 → 30 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 30; across their last 6 reports it ranged 30–37 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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