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Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the)

Registered as GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION(THE). Company number 00291646. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

92days 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, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association(the) reported that it took an average of 92 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 11% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 62% after more than 60 days. It said 82% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% 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 29 days, so it is 63 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 17 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 24 Jun 2023 24 Dec 2023 26 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 29 Jun 2025 51 Dec 2025 92 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 30 Jul 2026 92 11%27%62%82% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 51 26%52%22%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 29 79%20%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 22 Jan 2025 21 97%3%0%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 26 95%4%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 24 96%4%0%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 30 Jul 2023 24 94%6%0%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 24 97%3%0%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 26 97%3%0%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 17 99%1%0%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 17 100%0%0%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 17 98%2%0%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 17 96%4%0%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 16 97%3%0%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 18 Jul 2019 16 97%3%0%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 20 93%6%1%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 40 65%23%12%98% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 19 Jan 2018 40 65%22%13%97% 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.