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Care South

Registered as CARE SOUTH. Company number 02565033. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 2 November 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, Care South reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 72% of invoices within 30 days, 26% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 12% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Mar 2021 29 Sep 2021 28 Mar 2022 27 Sep 2022 28 Mar 2023 29 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 28 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 27 Sep 2025 27 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 2 Nov 2026 27 72%26%2%12% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 22 Apr 2026 27 71%27%2%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 27 74%25%1%13% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 27 75%23%2%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 1 Nov 2024 28 68%30%2%18% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 17 Apr 2024 28 71%27%2%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 29 68%29%3%25% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 28 68%30%2%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 27 76%21%3%26% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 28 73%23%4%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 29 69%28%3%31% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 36 67%27%6%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 39 53%36%11%50% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 May 2020 39 65%24%11%43% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 1 Nov 2019 33 71%18%10%43% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 29 73%22%5%43% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 6 Nov 2018 32 74%19%7%50% 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.