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Arthritis UK

Registered as ARTHRITIS UK. Company number 00490500. 12 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 1 July 2026.

10days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Arthritis UK reported that it took an average of 10 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 88% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 95% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 19 days, so it is 9 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Sep 2020 28 Mar 2021 25 Sep 2021 24 Mar 2022 27 Sep 2022 25 Mar 2023 22 Sep 2023 21 Mar 2024 20 Sep 2024 19 Mar 2025 15 Sep 2025 10 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 1 Jul 2026 10 88%6%6%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 15 85%11%4%15% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 13 Aug 2025 19 87%12%1%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 5 Aug 2025 20 87%12%1%13% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 4 Aug 2025 21 87%12%1%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 15 Aug 2024 22 84%13%2%15% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 25 75%20%5%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 3 Nov 2022 27 75%20%5%25% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 20 Jun 2022 24 78%18%4%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 19 Oct 2021 25 77%18%5%23% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 28 75%19%5%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 32 63%29%8%37% 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.