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Priory Central Services Limited

Registered as PRIORY CENTRAL SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 04391278. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

35days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Priory Central Services Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 59% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 21% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 41 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 37 Dec 2020 41 Jun 2021 37 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 55 Dec 2022 42 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 31 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 33 Dec 2025 35 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 30 Jul 2026 35 59%33%8%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 33 60%35%5%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 41 57%35%8%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 31 67%29%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 33 66%30%4%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 33 65%30%5%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 42 60%31%9%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 55 48%38%14%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 34 64%29%7%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 37 55%35%10%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 41 60%30%10%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 37 57%36%7%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 40 41%55%4%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 46 31%63%6%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 47 18%72%10%63% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 48 17%71%12%62% 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.