April to September 2026, larger contracts only
15 days
average time to pay an invoice
- Within 30 days
- 31 to 60 days
- Over 60 days
- Paid within 30 days
- 93%
- Paid in 31 to 60 days
- 7%
- Paid after 60 days
- 0%
- Paid within agreed terms
- 93%
Source: payments compliance notice 101291-2026, published 27 October 2026, Find a Tender, Cabinet Office.
Previous notice
An empty notice for Oct 2025 to Mar 2026.
Companies in Swale
How fast the large companies registered in Swale pay their suppliers.
See the Swale companiesSwale's finances
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
- £29.1 million £181 a resident; typical district council: £165
- Net budget, 2026-27
- £52.3 million Net current expenditure, as budgeted
- Reserves forecast, 1 April 2026
- £17.7 million 61% of a year's spending power; typical district council: 102%
- 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 Swale
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.