Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sanctuary Care (North) Limited paid suppliers in 19 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms

CRN 08991220 · Health & social care · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

19daysavg time to pay · H1 2020

Their H1 2020 filing put the average 12 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2019 – 31 Mar 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2020 filing

Paid within their stated range — 19 against 7–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 19d

0 days40 days

reported avg 19 days their filed terms 7–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 94% 31–60 days 3% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #30529, period 1 Oct 2019 – 31 Mar 2020, filed 29 Apr 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Sanctuary Care (North) Limited paid within its stated range, 12 days past the shortest term. 20% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2020 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

Sanctuary Care (North) Limited's H1 2020 filing put their average at 19 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2020.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2019) — 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 Company’s standard payment terms are 30 days, with the exception of public utilities and food wholesalers.

Dispute resolution

It is the Company's intention to pay suppliers on time, all the time. Where there is a query in respect of payment, suppliers are able to contact our centralised dedicated supplier Finance Service Desk, details of which and an explanation of the process can be found on our website, www.sanctuary-group.co.uk/suppliers/payment-process

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2020	19	20%	3%	29 Apr 2020
H2 2019	16	30%	3%	30 Oct 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Apr 2014
Registered office: SANCTUARY HOUSE, CHAMBER COURT, WORCESTER, WR1 3ZQ

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 19-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 19-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £7,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 19-day cycle — about £4,700 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Sanctuary Care (North) Limited

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 19. 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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