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The Princethorpe Foundation

Registered as THE PRINCETHORPE FOUNDATION. Company number 04177718. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

21days 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 Princethorpe Foundation reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 88% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% 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 17 days, so it is 4 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Feb 2021 31 Aug 2021 51 Feb 2022 30 Aug 2022 28 Feb 2023 27 Aug 2023 26 Feb 2024 22 Aug 2024 21 Feb 2025 17 Aug 2025 17 Feb 2026 21 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 30 Sep 2026 21 88%10%2%20% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 17 94%5%1%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 17 95%4%1%11% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 21 94%5%1%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 22 89%9%2%18% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 26 82%16%2%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 27 78%17%5%27% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 30 Mar 2023 28 79%17%4%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 30 71%25%4%38% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 51 31%37%32%74% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 31 61%32%7%26% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 31 Mar 2021 32 62%30%8%39% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 45 35%43%22%64% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 14 Apr 2020 32 55%37%8%53% 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.