Unitary authority · North West
How fast Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council pays its suppliers
We found no payments compliance notice from Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council for April to September 2026. The law requires one every six months. Its record so far.
April to September 2026
No notice found
We found no payments compliance notice from Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council for this period on Find a Tender, up to 13 November 2026. Notices for April to September 2026 were due by 30 October 2026.
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Previous notice
10 days average, 100% within 30 days
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026, larger contracts only. Notice 038189-2026.
Companies in Blackburn with Darwen
How fast the large companies registered in Blackburn with Darwen pay their suppliers.
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For context. How fast a council pays is a matter of its own processes as well as its money: across England, councils with more to spend per resident do not pay faster.
- Spending power, 2026-27
- £218 million £1,386 a resident; typical unitary authority: £1,197
- Net budget, 2026-27
- £431.6 million Net current expenditure, as budgeted
- Reserves forecast, 1 April 2026
- £58.7 million 27% of a year's spending power; typical unitary authority: 19%
- Emergency government support
- None No Exceptional Financial Support since 2024-25
Sources: Core spending power 2026-27 and local authority revenue expenditure and financing 2026-27 budget, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Exceptional Financial Support lists on GOV.UK. Open Government Licence v3. Reserves are unallocated plus earmarked reserves the council forecast for 1 April 2026.
What the law asks of Blackburn with Darwen
Pay within 30 days. Under section 68 of the Procurement Act 2023, a council must pay an undisputed invoice within 30 days of receiving it.
Publish every six months. Section 69 requires a payments compliance notice on Find a Tender within 30 days of 31 March and 30 September.
Owed money by a council? Suppliers can claim statutory interest on a late commercial invoice. Work it out with our late payment interest calculator.
Figures are as the council published them and are not audited. Source: payments compliance notices, Find a Tender, Cabinet Office, Open Government Licence v3.