Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Foster Care Associates Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04322806 · Health & social care · 1 statutory report on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

27days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,134 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Nov 2001
Registered office: MALVERN VIEW SAXON BUSINESS PARK, BROMSGROVE, B60 4AD

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–30 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms14–30d

+13 days

Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

14–30d

their stated terms

17%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 54% of the 138 large companies reporting in health & social care.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 83% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Foster Care Associates Limited has filed 1 statutory payment period (earliest H1 2026). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 14–30 days.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 30 days.

Dispute resolution

Supplier invoice disputes are managed by the Purchase Ledger or Regional Administration team. Upon receipt of a query, the details are logged in the shared Purchase Ledger mailbox and, where applicable, the invoice is flagged as disputed within the finance system, with relevant supporting notes recorded. The responsible team liaises directly with the supplier to investigate and resolve the dispute. Once the matter is resolved, the invoice is released for payment in line with the agreed payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	27	17%	10%	29 Jul 2026

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 14-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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 27. That's the window to expect 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?

Yes. Every figure comes from the company's own statutory filing on the gov.uk payment-practices service and Companies House — not surveys, estimates or credit-agency scores. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours.

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 6,134 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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