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Care Services Payment Practices Report 2021

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UK Care Services Pay Suppliers Significantly Faster Than Average

The Numbers

  • Companies analysed: 143
  • Average PaymentCheck Score: 73.1/100
  • UK average: 50.0/100 (Care Services is 23.1 points above)
  • Wales average: 90.2/100 (1 company)
  • North East average: 87.0/100 (4 companies)
  • North West average: 79.8/100 (9 companies)
  • East Midlands average: 79.1/100 (13 companies)
  • South East average: 78.2/100 (17 companies)

What Stands Out

Care Services are a whopping 23.1 points above the UK average, indicating a generally healthy approach to paying suppliers. However, the wide range between the best and worst payers – almost 70 points – suggests significant disparities within the sector.

Best Payers

  1. TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN SUNDERLAND LIMITED - 98.7/100
  2. THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST LIMITED - 98.42/100
  3. THE GURKHA WELFARE TRUST - 98.1/100
  4. SUNDERLAND CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED - 97.87/100
  5. WEST NORFOLK ACADEMIES TRUST - 97.58/100

Worst Payers

  1. TJX UK - 30.61/100
  2. ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY (THE) - 30.7/100
  3. ST ANDREW'S HEALTHCARE - 33.04/100
  4. MEARS GROUP PLC - 33.7/100
  5. LLOYDS CLINICAL LIMITED - 35.7/100

Regional Patterns

While the single company in Wales skews the data somewhat, the North East, with an average of 87.0 across four companies, displays the strongest regional payment performance; the South East brings up the rear among regions with reasonable sample sizes, at 78.2.

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Care services' average PaymentCheck score of 73.1 significantly outpaces the national average of 50, suggesting a commitment to prompt payments, but that's clearly not universal.