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The Howard Partnership Trust

Registered as THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Company number 07597068. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

20days 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 Howard Partnership Trust reported that it took an average of 20 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 86% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 80% 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 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 2%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Feb 2021 23 Aug 2021 28 Feb 2022 23 Aug 2022 26 Feb 2023 25 Aug 2023 25 Feb 2024 24 Aug 2024 26 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 26 Feb 2026 20 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 28 Sep 2026 20 86%11%3%14% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 26 78%17%5%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 24 81%14%5%22% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 26 75%19%6%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 26 Sep 2024 24 82%13%5%20% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 25 75%20%5%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 26 Sep 2023 25 79%15%6%25% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 10 Mar 2023 26 74%20%6%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 29 Sep 2022 23 79%16%5%25% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 18 Mar 2022 28 68%23%9%36% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 23 75%19%6%27% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 27 70%21%9%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 25 75%19%6%17% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 23 76%16%8%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 25 Sep 2019 23 74%20%6%25% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 28 Mar 2019 25 74%19%7%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 20 79%17%3%21% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 21 75%21%4%25% 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.