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How long does NHS Shared Business Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 05280446 · Information & communication · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Nov 2004
Registered office
6TH FLOOR, LONDON, EC1A 7BL
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 26.

Stated terms30d
-4 days
Reported avg26d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
12%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 62% of the 475 large companies reporting in information & communication.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
29
25
24
28
23
26
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 91% 31–60 days 8% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

NHS Shared Business Services Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 26 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 29 to 26 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are Net 30 days, calculated from the date that a valid invoice is received by NHS Shared Business Services Ltd. This is in accordance with our Purchase Order and Supplier Contract terms and conditions.

Dispute resolution

Website: https://www.soprasteria.co.uk/about-us/working-with-suppliers We have a 2-stage complaints procedure. At each stage it will help us to resolve your complaint quickly if you can give us as much clear detail as possible, including any documents and correspondence and stating that you are making a complaint in line with our procedure. The stages of the Supplier Payment Complaints procedure Stage 1 This is the first opportunity for Sopra Steria to resolve a complainant’s dissatisfaction, and the majority of complaints will be resolved at this stage. In the first instance, we will try to get your payment complaint resolved by the Head of the Accounts Payable team. Upon receipt of your complaint we will contact the Head of the Accounts Payable and ask them to deal with your compla

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262612%1%29 Jul 2026
H2 20252311%1%30 Jan 2026
H1 20252812%1%31 Jul 2025
H2 20242410%0%24 Jan 2025
H1 20242512%1%30 Jul 2024
H2 20232915%3%31 Jan 2024
H1 20232514%1%31 Jul 2023
H2 20222711%1%30 Jan 2023
H1 2022269%2%28 Jul 2022
H2 20212512%1%25 Jan 2022
H1 20212810%1%30 Jul 2021
H2 20202425%2%29 Jan 2021
H1 20202511%1%30 Jul 2020
H2 20192416%4%31 Jan 2020
H1 20192520%3%29 Aug 2019
H2 20181817%3%1 Feb 2019
H1 20182136%4%6 Aug 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (29 → 26 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 26, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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