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Payment processing performance
How fast suppliers are paid, invoices are received and how many of those have been paid within 30 days.
Latest monthly figures
Each month, we publish information on how fast we pay our suppliers. We'll tell you how many invoices we've received and how many of those have been paid within 30 days.
October
Total invoices: 19,741
Invoices paid in under 30 days: 18,553
Invoices paid after 30 days: 1,188
Liability of charges for late payments: £130,696
Charges paid: £155
Percentage paid within 30 days: 94%
Year-to-Date Summary
Total invoices: 138,062
Invoices paid in under 30 days: 130,198
Invoices paid after 30 days: 7,864
Liability of charges for late payments: £943,627
Charges paid: £553
Percentage paid within 30 days: 94%
Financial year 2025 to 2026
Find our payment performance this year to date.
Previous financial years
- Find our payment processing performance 2024 to 2025
- Find our payment processing performance 2023 to 2024
- Find our payment processing performance 2022 to 2023
- Find our payment processing performance 2021 to 2022
- Find our payment processing performance 2020 to 2021
- 2019/20 financial year payment processing figures (PDF 105KB)
- 2019/20 financial year payment processing figures (XLSX 12KB)
- 2018/19 financial year payment processing figures (PDF 105 KB)
- 2018/19 financial year payment processing figures (XLSX 13 KB)
- 2017/18 financial year payment processing figures (PDF 104 KB)
- 2017/18 financial year payment processing figures (XLSX 12KB)
- 2016/17 financial year payment processing figures (PDF 116KB)
- 2016/17 financial year payment processing figures (XLSX 12KB )
- 2015/16 financial year payment processing figures (PDF 103KB)
- 2015/16 financial year payment processing figures (XLSX 12KB)