Action for Children
Registered as ACTION FOR CHILDREN. Company number 04764232. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 28 April 2026.
65days on average to pay
- Within 30 days
- 31 to 60 days
- Over 60 days
In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Action for Children reported that it took an average of 65 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 80% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.
That average is faster than 5% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 58 days, so it is 7 days slower now.
Average days to pay, report by report
Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.
Every report filed
| Period | Filed | Average days | Within 30 days | 31 to 60 | Over 60 | Not within terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 | 28 Apr 2026 | 65 | 73% | 10% | 17% | 80% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2025 | 30 Oct 2025 | 56 | 73% | 17% | 10% | 87% | Report |
| Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 | 24 Apr 2025 | 58 | 72% | 17% | 11% | 87% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2024 | 29 Oct 2024 | 43 | 62% | 23% | 15% | 38% | Report |
| Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 | 29 Apr 2024 | 38 | 60% | 32% | 8% | 40% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2023 | 24 Oct 2023 | 38 | 64% | 26% | 10% | 36% | Report |
| Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 | 26 Apr 2023 | 43 | 54% | 35% | 11% | 46% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2022 | 20 Oct 2022 | 32 | 69% | 17% | 14% | 54% | Report |
| Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Report | |
| Apr to Sep 2021 | 29 Oct 2021 | 39 | 55% | 35% | 10% | 45% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2019 | 20 Nov 2020 | 47 | 65% | 15% | 20% | 57% | Report |
| Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 | 29 Apr 2019 | 43 | 66% | 20% | 14% | 60% | Report |
| Apr to Sep 2018 | 29 Apr 2019 | 45 | 65% | 21% | 14% | 63% | 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.