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Cancer Research UK pays suppliers in 25 days on average — inside its 45-day stated terms

CRN 04325234 · Health & social care · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

25daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 20 days inside their stated 45-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
12% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
4%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 20 days inside the 45-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

29 → 25 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Cancer Research UK's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 25 days against stated terms of 45 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 29 days in H2 2023 to 25 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 58% of the 138 large companies reporting in health & social care.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 45 days from date of invoice. These may be varied on a case by case basis.

Dispute resolution

We refer to the contract between parties as a starting point, and if there are specific issues and challenges then we will engage in a discussion to find a pragmatic way forward.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262512%4%1 May 2026
H2 20252310%3%29 Oct 2025
H1 20252712%6%30 Apr 2025
H2 2024229%4%28 Oct 2024
H1 20243116%7%28 Oct 2024
H2 20232918%8%28 Oct 2024
H1 20233724%11%28 Apr 2023
H2 20223623%11%27 Oct 2022
H1 20223326%11%27 Apr 2022
H2 20213518%9%28 Oct 2021
H1 20213728%11%30 Apr 2021
H2 20207167%37%29 Oct 2020
H1 2020297%7%20 Apr 2020
H2 2019302%2%22 Oct 2019
H1 2019323%1%29 Apr 2019
H2 20185526%17%30 Oct 2018

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
20 Nov 2001
Registered office
2 REDMAN PLACE, LONDON, E20 1JQ
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · Cancer Research UK

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (29 → 25 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 25; across their last 6 reports it ranged 22–31 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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