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The Seckford Foundation

Registered as THE SECKFORD FOUNDATION. Company number 05522615. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 9 September 2026.

22days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, The Seckford Foundation reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 30% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 24 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Feb 2021 24 Aug 2021 25 Feb 2022 23 Aug 2022 24 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 26 Feb 2024 26 Aug 2024 26 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 22 Feb 2026 22 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 9 Sep 2026 22 84%14%2%30% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 11 Mar 2026 22 86%12%2%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 4 Sep 2025 24 84%10%6%25% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 26 75%20%5%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 26 Sep 2024 26 80%16%4%32% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 26 75%21%4%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 19 Sep 2023 25 83%15%2%35% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 17 Mar 2023 24 83%15%2%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 21 Sep 2022 23 81%17%2%35% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 14 Mar 2022 25 80%16%4%31% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 6 Sep 2021 24 82%13%5%31% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 12 Mar 2021 25 82%12%6%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 25 Sep 2020 25 83%11%6%35% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 12 Mar 2020 25 84%12%4%33% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 26 Sep 2019 29 73%15%12%32% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 18 Mar 2019 27 80%16%4%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 20 Sep 2018 27 84%12%4%21% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 22 Mar 2018 27 84%11%5%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.