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Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited

Registered as UNIVERSITIES SUPERANNUATION SCHEME LIMITED. Company number 01167127. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 19 October 2026.

30days 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, Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 22% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% 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 28 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Mar 2021 36 Sep 2021 35 Mar 2022 31 Sep 2022 29 Mar 2023 29 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 28 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025 28 Sep 2025 29 Mar 2026 30 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 19 Oct 2026 30 78%19%3%22% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 29 85%11%4%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 28 87%10%3%13% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 30 83%12%5%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 28 86%11%3%14% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 28 87%9%4%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 24 Oct 2023 29 83%13%4%17% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 19 Apr 2023 29 84%12%4%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 25 Oct 2022 31 80%15%5%20% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 35 78%12%10%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 30 Oct 2021 36 74%16%10%26% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 32 75%16%9%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 16 Oct 2020 31 77%15%8%23% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 29 79%15%6%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 25 87%10%3%13% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Apr 2019 22 90%8%2%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 24 87%11%2%13% 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.