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Canterbury Christ Church University

Registered as CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY. Company number 04793659. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 3 September 2026.

26days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Canterbury Christ Church University reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 38% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 32 days, so it is 6 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Jan 2021 32 Jul 2021 33 Jan 2022 31 Jul 2022 30 Jan 2023 25 Jul 2023 26 Jan 2024 24 Jul 2024 28 Jan 2025 32 Jul 2025 26 Jan 2026 26 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 3 Sep 2026 26 60%38%2%40% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 4 Mar 2026 26 61%37%2%40% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 1 Sep 2025 32 60%37%3%40% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 1 Apr 2025 28 55%42%3%45% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 8 Aug 2024 24 89%8%3%11% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 21 Feb 2024 26 88%8%4%12% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 10 Oct 2023 25 79%20%3%21% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 20 Feb 2023 30 72%27%3%31% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 8 Sep 2022 31 63%33%4%0% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 3 Mar 2022 33 53%42%5%47% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 2 Sep 2021 32 64%31%5%36% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 1 Mar 2021 32 72%22%6%28% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 3 Sep 2020 26 82%14%4%18% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 2 Mar 2020 29 83%12%5%0% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 30 Sep 2019 29 88%9%3%0% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 28 Feb 2019 29 85%11%4%15% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 23 Nov 2018 18 92%5%3%8% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 7 Mar 2018 19 86%9%6%14% 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.