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The National Fostering Agency Limited

Registered as THE NATIONAL FOSTERING AGENCY LIMITED. Company number 03127814. 12 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 11 September 2026.

29days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, The National Fostering Agency Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 25 days, so it is 4 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 9 Feb 2018 16 Aug 2018 17 Feb 2019 19 Aug 2019 20 Feb 2020 20 Aug 2020 29 Feb 2024 27 Aug 2024 22 Feb 2025 25 Aug 2025 22 Feb 2026 29 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 11 Sep 2026 29 85%8%7%20% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 13 Mar 2026 22 87%8%5%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 25 87%8%5%23% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Mar 2025 22 88%8%4%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 1 Oct 2024 27 85%9%5%64% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 13 Jun 2024 29 85%9%6%67% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 20 86%10%4%49% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 20 88%6%6%39% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 19 88%7%5%36% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 17 88%6%6%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 16 88%8%4%32% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 9 97%3%0%12% 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.