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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Qa Limited pays suppliers in 29 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 02413137 · Education · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 May 2026

29daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 1 day inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
72% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
1%
Reporting period
1 Dec 2025 – 30 May 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 1 day inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

Holding steady around 29 days

The read · computed from their figures

Qa Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 29 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 72% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Jun 2026.

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

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 69% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days from the supplier invoice date. We perform weekly payment runs.

Dispute resolution

Invoices are processed on receipt and matched with purchase orders. Where there are invoice or payment queries our Accounts Payable team will notify the supplier and efforts will be made to resolve any dispute promptly. Any invoice without a valid purchase order is queried with the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262972%1%28 Jun 2026
H2 20252867%1%18 Dec 2025
H1 20252976%1%16 Jun 2025
H2 20243063%3%20 Dec 2024
H1 20242852%4%20 Dec 2024
H2 20232844%4%20 Dec 2024
H1 20232716%5%22 Jun 2023
H2 20222924%7%13 Dec 2022
H1 20223737%12%28 Jun 2022
H2 20213834%11%13 Dec 2021
H1 20213944%8%25 Jun 2021
H2 20204035%10%17 Dec 2020
H1 20203049%8%29 Jun 2020
H2 20193242%5%24 Dec 2019
H1 20193539%6%28 Jun 2019
H2 20184040%8%25 Apr 2019
H1 20184556%11%25 Apr 2019
H2 20173356%6%25 Apr 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
14 Aug 1989
Registered office
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE FIRST FLOOR, LONDON, E1W 1UN
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Quick answers · Qa Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 29 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 29, 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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