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British United Provident Association Limited(the)

Registered as BRITISH UNITED PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE). Company number 00432511. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

36days 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, British United Provident Association Limited(the) reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 56% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 35 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Dec 2020 37 Jun 2021 38 Dec 2021 35 Jun 2022 33 Dec 2022 35 Jun 2023 35 Dec 2023 35 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 36 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 27 Jul 2026 36 56%32%12%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 34 58%34%8%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 35 55%36%9%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 35 55%37%8%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 35 53%39%8%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 35 52%37%11%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 35 54%36%10%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 33 57%33%10%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 35 56%34%10%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 38 51%40%9%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 37 52%39%9%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 42 50%38%12%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 48 46%36%18%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 45 47%36%17%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 46 42%41%17%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 60 47%33%20%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 43 53%30%17%28% 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.