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University of Suffolk Ltd

Registered as UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK LTD. Company number 05078498. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2025, filed 4 November 2025.

23days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2025 to 31 July 2025, University of Suffolk Ltd reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2024, the average was 29 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Jan 2020 24 Jul 2020 22 Jan 2021 23 Jul 2021 24 Jan 2022 27 Jul 2022 24 Jan 2023 27 Jul 2023 28 Jan 2024 29 Jul 2024 24 Jan 2025 23 Jul 2025

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 2025 4 Nov 2025 23 87%10%3%13% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 20 Mar 2025 24 88%9%3%12% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 19 Mar 2025 29 80%15%5%20% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 28 Feb 2024 28 81%13%6%18% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 29 Aug 2023 27 81%13%6%19% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 28 Feb 2023 24 83%13%4%17% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 24 Aug 2022 27 82%13%5%18% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 22 Feb 2022 24 81%15%4%19% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 18 Aug 2021 23 87%9%4%13% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 28 Apr 2021 22 87%10%3%13% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 28 Apr 2021 24 85%12%3%15% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 25 Feb 2020 24 86%12%2%14% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 27 Aug 2019 27 84%11%5%16% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 26 Feb 2019 29 77%16%7%23% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 6 Aug 2018 26 82%15%3%18% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 26 Feb 2018 28 80%13%7%20% 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.