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Abbeyfield Society (the)

Registered as ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY (THE). Company number 00574816. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

31days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Abbeyfield Society (the) reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 79% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 21% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 39 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Mar 2021 43 Sep 2021 47 Mar 2022 46 Sep 2022 46 Mar 2023 44 Sep 2023 41 Mar 2024 43 Sep 2024 35 Mar 2025 39 Sep 2025 37 Mar 2026 31 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 31 79%15%6%21% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Apr 2026 37 76%15%9%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 39 72%18%10%28% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 35 73%20%7%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 22 Oct 2024 43 71%16%13%29% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 23 Apr 2024 41 49%33%18%51% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 10 Nov 2023 44 36%49%15%64% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 12 May 2023 46 32%47%21%68% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 8 Nov 2022 46 9%67%24%91% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 2 May 2022 47 6%72%22%93% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 30 Nov 2021 43 8%77%15%92% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Nov 2021 44 8%77%15%92% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Nov 2021 37 58%27%15%42% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Nov 2021 35 61%28%11%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Nov 2021 33 69%21%10%31% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 7 Oct 2019 36 62%26%12%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 36 62%29%9%38% 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.