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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The National Fostering Agency Limited pays suppliers in 29 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms

CRN 03127814 · Health & social care · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

29daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 15 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
14–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 11 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 29 against 14–30 days

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

Holding steady around 29 days

The read · computed from their figures

The National Fostering Agency Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 29 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 11 Sept 2026.

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

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 57% of the 138 large companies reporting in health & social care.

That is 12 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from date of invoice as standard. However, shorter payment terms than the standard are offered for certain types of services supplied. Note that there is a minimum allowance of 14 days from receipt of the invoice as acceptable processing time to get the invoice approved, posted and paid.

Dispute resolution

First contact is a dedicated accounts payable section of a shared service centre (SSC) that offers suppliers support through to query resolution. Suppliers can contact the SSC on a dedicated telephone number or email address. They will then identify the person within the business who will be able to resolve the problem and then the SSC contacts the supplier to discuss the resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262920%7%11 Sept 2026
H1 20262217%5%13 Mar 2026
H1 20252523%5%29 Sept 2025
H1 20252222%4%24 Mar 2025
H1 20242764%5%1 Oct 2024
H1 20242967%6%13 Jun 2024
H1 20202049%4%30 Sept 2020
H1 20202039%6%30 Mar 2020
H1 20191936%5%30 Sept 2019
H1 20191733%6%29 Mar 2019
H1 20181632%4%28 Sept 2018
H1 2018912%0%29 Mar 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 Nov 1995
Registered office
ATRIA, BOLTON, BL1 4AG
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 29-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 29-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 29-day cycle — about £5,900 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · The National Fostering Agency Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 29 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 29, 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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