Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Barchester Healthcare Limited pays suppliers in 38 days on average — within its stated 30–55 day terms
Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 8 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 55-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 30–55 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 10% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 6%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jul 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing
Paid within their stated range — 38 against 30–55 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The read · computed from their figures
Barchester Healthcare Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 38 days against stated terms of 30–55 days; 10% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2026.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 66% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.
That is 2 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
Standard terms are 30 days from date of invoice
Dispute resolution
All invoices are reviewed and approved by budget holders and if there is an issue the invoice will be put on hold until budget gives approval to pay.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2025 | 38 | 10% | 6% | 30 Jan 2026 |
| H2 2018 | 32 | 21% | 5% | 30 Jan 2019 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 22 Feb 1993
- Registered office
- 3RD FLOOR THE ASPECT, LONDON, EC2A 1AS
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 30-day payment cycle.
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.
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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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