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Wateraid

Registered as WATERAID. Company number 01787329. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

27days 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, Wateraid reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 31 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Mar 2021 33 Sep 2021 20 Mar 2022 35 Sep 2022 41 Mar 2023 37 Sep 2023 30 Mar 2024 30 Sep 2024 32 Mar 2025 31 Sep 2025 30 Mar 2026 27 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 27 81%16%3%19% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Apr 2026 30 76%18%6%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 22 Oct 2025 31 75%18%7%25% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 32 68%25%7%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 18 Oct 2024 30 75%18%7%23% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 30 76%17%7%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 37 72%19%9%24% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 41 64%21%15%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 4 Jan 2023 35 67%21%12%30% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 4 Jan 2023 20 77%20%3%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 12 Nov 2021 33 76%15%9%24% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 24 79%18%3%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 27 79%15%6%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 22 80%14%6%18% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 33 73%18%9%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 36 66%22%12%31% 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.