Swindon Town have continued to be late with payments to police and ambulance services during the first four months of this season.

In July, The Adver found that many invoices that the club owed to suppliers were outstanding following Freedom of Information requests to Wiltshire Police and the South West Ambulance Service Trust [SWAST].

Responding to further Freedom of Information requests, Wiltshire Police and SWAST have revealed that this has continued to happen this season.

The requests in July found that all six invoices sent by SWAST to the football club last season were paid late, with one being as many as 95 overdue at the time of the request and both invoices sent by Wiltshire Police had been paid outside of the agreed period.

When asked about the issues in the summer, Hall said: “Bringing in processes has been one of the big things we have been working on, as we feel it is one of the key things we need to do as we continue to work through legacy issues at the club.

“It is very much a work-in-progress which is happening and being implemented for this coming season and financial year.”

On October 11, The Adver sent a Freedom of Information request to Wiltshire Police about the invoices which had been raised between May 31, 2024, and October 11, 2024, whether any payments were outstanding, and whether there was a payment plan which had been agreed, and the same request was sent to SWAST on November 15.

When received on November 13, the request to Wiltshire Police revealed that two invoices had been raised for their services this season on October 3 and October 11, which were both supposed to be raised and paid ahead of the service being supplied on a matchday, and both were outstanding at that time.

The request also said: “No agreement is in place to enable Swindon Town Football Club to be late with their payments. Our Finance department has previously had conversations regarding short-term payment plans; however, this is on an ad-hoc basis.”

A response from SWAST was received on November 26, stating that four invoices had been raised between the dates, of which two were outstanding at that time.

One of these outstanding invoices was 33 days late and the other 11 days overdue. One invoice was paid on time, and one was paid 29 days late. There is not and has not been any agreed payment plan to account for this.

Other suppliers were contacted for this article but did not respond to a request for comment on whether they also had outstanding invoices.

When asked for comment, Anthony Hall said: “We have got that and Clem [Morfuni] will be the first person to say that it is not right that we have leant on some of our suppliers.

“We are still in a position where we are picking up and changing and working out how to get to a sustainable level.”

Morfuni added: “We have spoken to the suppliers to make sure that we are going to pay them.”