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Harris Federation

Registered as HARRIS FEDERATION. Company number 06228587. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 February 2026, filed 31 March 2026.

35days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 September 2025 to 28 February 2026, Harris Federation reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 46% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 28 February 2025, the average was 21 days, so it is 14 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Aug 2019 54 Feb 2020 33 Aug 2021 33 Feb 2022 29 Aug 2022 31 Feb 2023 28 Aug 2023 35 Feb 2024 33 Aug 2024 21 Feb 2025 29 Aug 2025 35 Feb 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
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 35 54%37%9%46% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 1 Oct 2025 29 51%46%3%49% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 21 55%42%3%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 33 61%27%12%4% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 31 Mar 2024 35 56%32%12%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 28 74%23%3%2% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 30 Mar 2023 31 64%29%7%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Mar 2023 29 71%25%4%4% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 9 Mar 2022 33 64%29%7%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 33 65%29%7%0% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 23 Mar 2020 54 36%36%29%64% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 1 Oct 2019 36 56%32%12%44% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 41 48%38%15%52% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 30 Sep 2018 35 61%30%9%39% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Mar 2018 42 51%35%14%49% 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.