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How long does Aberdeen Association of Social Service take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC018487 · Education · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

63days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
8 May 1935
Registered office
38 CASTLE STREET, AB11 5YU
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 63.

Stated terms30d
+33 days
Reported avg63d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
57%
invoices paid outside terms
+32d
slower over the window
±9d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 99% of the 303 large companies reporting in education.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
31
60
57
58
75
63
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 43% 31–60 days 56% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Aberdeen Association of Social Service has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 63 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 31 to 63 days over the window — about 32 days slower.

In the latest period 57% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment term is 30 days

Dispute resolution

Suppliers would contact the Purchase Ledger Team in the first instance by e-mail or phone. The PL Team would investigate the problem, report and resolve the issue and arrange payment where applicable.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266357%1%20 Apr 2026
H2 20257584%4%29 Oct 2025
H2 20245868%2%24 Oct 2024
H1 20245754%1%24 Apr 2024
H2 20236068%2%25 Oct 2023
H1 20233163%5%25 Apr 2023
H1 20223051%2%27 Apr 2022
H2 20213258%1%27 Oct 2021
H1 20213163%3%29 Apr 2021
H2 20203258%6%30 Oct 2020
H1 20203051%2%24 Apr 2020
H2 20193058%9%6 Nov 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 63-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 63-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 63-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 30-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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 32 days slower over the window (31 → 63 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 63, moving within about ±9 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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