Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02882729 · Arts & entertainment · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

26days

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.

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: 16 Dec 1993
Registered office: SLIMBRIDGE, GL2 7BT

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 26.

Stated terms7–60d

+19 days

Reported avg26d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d

their stated terms

22%

invoices paid outside terms

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 59% of the 74 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 86% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 26 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

In the latest period 22% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

WWT makes every effort to resolve queries as quickly as possible. Where an issue cannot be resolved within the Accounts Team, it is escalated to the Head of Finance and the Legal Officer as appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	26	22%	4%	29 Apr 2026
H2 2025	21	23%	4%	31 Oct 2025
H1 2025	19	24%	4%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	18	22%	3%	29 Oct 2024
H1 2024	19	30%	5%	8 May 2024
H2 2023	26	40%	5%	30 Oct 2023
H1 2023	30	40%	7%	28 Apr 2023
H2 2022	31	46%	8%	28 Oct 2022
H1 2022	27	47%	8%	3 May 2022
H2 2021	41	78%	15%	25 Nov 2021
H1 2021	31	24%	7%	13 May 2021
H2 2020	35	54%	10%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	31	43%	8%	6 May 2020
H2 2019	29	48%	5%	29 Oct 2019
H1 2019	35	70%	7%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	30	79%	4%	9 Nov 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 26-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £7,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 26 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 26, moving within about ±4 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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