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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

University of Suffolk Ltd pays suppliers in 23 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 05078498 · Education · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2025

23daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing puts the average 7 days inside the shortest term they state (30 days).

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
13% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
3%
Reporting period
1 Feb 2025 – 31 Jul 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 4 Nov 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid 7 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 23 days

The read · computed from their figures

University of Suffolk Ltd's H1 2025 filing puts their average at 23 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 13% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 4 Nov 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 59% of the 309 large companies reporting in education.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The University operates a standard payment term of 30 days from the date of invoice. Payments are made to suppliers fortnightly.

Dispute resolution

Payment disputes are first dealt with the University’s accounts payable team who attempt to deal with the dispute informally. If the issue is not resolved, the dispute is escalated to the Associate Director of Financial Operations or the Director of Finance and Planning who deal with disputes on a case by case basis.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20252313%3%4 Nov 2025
H1 20252412%3%20 Mar 2025
H1 20242920%5%19 Mar 2025
H1 20242818%6%28 Feb 2024
H1 20232719%6%29 Aug 2023
H1 20232417%4%28 Feb 2023
H1 20222718%5%24 Aug 2022
H1 20222419%4%22 Feb 2022
H1 20212313%4%18 Aug 2021
H1 20212213%3%28 Apr 2021
H1 20202415%3%28 Apr 2021
H1 20202414%2%25 Feb 2020
H1 20192716%5%27 Aug 2019
H1 20192923%7%26 Feb 2019
H1 20182618%3%6 Aug 2018
H1 20182820%7%26 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
19 Mar 2004
Registered office
WATERFRONT BUILDING, IPSWICH, IP4 1QJ
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Quick answers · University of Suffolk Ltd

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 23 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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.
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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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