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The Medical Defence Union Limited

Registered as THE MEDICAL DEFENCE UNION LIMITED. Company number 00021708. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 20 July 2026.

12days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, The Medical Defence Union Limited reported that it took an average of 12 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 100% of invoices within 30 days, 0% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 93% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 27 days, so it is 15 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 13 Dec 2020 13 Jun 2021 13 Dec 2021 18 Jun 2022 18 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 35 Dec 2023 16 Jun 2024 12 Dec 2024 27 Jun 2025 18 Dec 2025 12 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 20 Jul 2026 12 100%0%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 13 Jan 2026 18 85%15%0%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 11 Jul 2025 27 50%50%0%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 21 Jan 2025 12 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Jul 2024 16 92%8%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Jan 2024 35 50%50%0%33% Report
Jun to Jun 2023 10 Jul 2023 26 80%20%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 18 86%14%0%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 18 88%12%0%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 18 Jan 2022 13 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Jul 2021 13 90%10%0%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 19 May 2021 13 93%7%0%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 21 Jul 2020 20 80%20%0%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 8 Jan 2020 15 95%5%0%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 18 Jul 2019 21 67%17%16%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 20 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 21 50%50%0%50% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.