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How fast City of York Council pays its suppliers

We found no payments compliance notice from City of York 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 City of York 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

25 days average, 91% within 30 days

Oct 2025 to Mar 2026. Notice 039008-2026.

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York'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
£197.5 million
£942 a resident; typical unitary authority: £1,197
Net budget, 2026-27
£336.2 million
Net current expenditure, as budgeted
Reserves forecast, 1 April 2026
£38.5 million
19% 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 York

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.

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