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NHS Shared Business Services Limited

Registered as NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 05280446. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

26days 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, NHS Shared Business Services Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 91% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 12% 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 30 June 2025, the average was 28 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Dec 2020 28 Jun 2021 25 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 27 Dec 2022 25 Jun 2023 29 Dec 2023 25 Jun 2024 24 Dec 2024 28 Jun 2025 23 Dec 2025 26 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 29 Jul 2026 26 91%8%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 23 91%8%1%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 28 90%9%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 24 94%6%0%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 25 91%8%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 29 86%12%3%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 25 90%9%1%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 27 92%7%1%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 26 91%6%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 25 91%9%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 28 91%8%1%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 24 82%16%2%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 25 91%8%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 24 86%11%4%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Aug 2019 25 88%9%3%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 1 Feb 2019 18 88%9%3%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 6 Aug 2018 21 89%7%4%36% 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.