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How long does Macmillan Cancer Support take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02400969 · Health & social care · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

20days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs 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
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated
30 Jun 1989
Registered office
3RD FLOOR BRONZE BUILDING, THE FORGE, LONDON, SE1 9HZ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 20.

Stated terms30d
-10 days
Reported avg20d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
6%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 84% of the 140 large companies reporting in health & social care.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
21
20
21
21
21
20
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 94% 31–60 days 5% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Macmillan Cancer Support has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 20 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 6% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Macmillan’s standard payment terms are 30 days. By contractual arrangement, we do have some variation to these standard terms as an exception. Payment to suppliers with immediate payment terms, by definition, will be late payments.

Dispute resolution

Payment queries or disputes should be raised by the supplier to their Macmillan contact; who instructed the purchase of goods and services; and include the Accounts Payable team. All queries received into the Accounts Payable team will be thoroughly investigated and they will endeavour to find a timely resolution to the query.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026206%1%24 Jul 2026
H2 2025219%1%15 Jan 2026
H1 2025218%1%25 Jul 2025
H2 2024216%1%23 Jan 2025
H1 2024209%1%29 Jul 2024
H2 20232110%1%23 Jan 2024
H1 20231914%1%20 Jul 2023
H2 20222216%2%26 Jan 2023
H1 20221838%3%26 Jul 2022
H2 20211949%5%1 Feb 2022
H1 20211745%4%30 Jul 2021
H2 20201751%6%8 Feb 2021
H1 20201835%3%20 Aug 2020
H2 20191941%3%24 Jan 2020
H1 20191836%2%30 Jul 2019
H2 20181848%3%28 Jan 2019
H1 20181845%2%31 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 20 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 20, moving within about ±1 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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