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The University of Cumbria

Registered as THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA. Company number 06033238. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 26 August 2026.

21days 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, The University of Cumbria reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 3% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 July 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Jul 2020 22 Jan 2021 22 Jul 2021 24 Jul 2022 23 Jan 2023 28 Jul 2023 23 Jan 2024 30 Jul 2024 25 Jan 2025 21 Jul 2025 25 Jan 2026 21 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 26 Aug 2026 21 97%3%0%3% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 27 Feb 2026 25 91%5%4%9% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 28 Aug 2025 21 97%2%1%3% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 27 Feb 2025 25 97%2%1%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 11 Oct 2024 30 91%5%5%9% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 23 Feb 2024 23 92%7%1%8% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 1 Sep 2023 28 93%4%3%7% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 8 Mar 2023 23 92%7%1%8% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 20 Sep 2022 24 93%5%2%7% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 4 Mar 2022 22 96%3%1%4% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Feb 2021 22 94%5%2%6% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 14 Aug 2020 24 90%7%3%10% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 28 Feb 2020 26 84%15%1%16% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 20 Aug 2019 22 91%6%3%9% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 20 Aug 2019 22 90%8%2%10% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 14 Aug 2018 27 84%10%6%16% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 26 Feb 2019 21 91%8%2%9% 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.