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GKN Automotive Limited

Registered as GKN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED. Company number 00034104. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 30 January 2026.

57days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, GKN Automotive Limited reported that it took an average of 57 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 45% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 10% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 79 days, so it is 22 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 64 Jun 2020 78 Dec 2020 54 Jun 2021 53 Dec 2021 40 Jun 2022 73 Dec 2022 75 Jun 2023 86 Dec 2023 65 Jun 2024 79 Dec 2024 79 Jun 2025 57 Dec 2025

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 57 20%35%45%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Oct 2025 79 22%29%49%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 10 Feb 2025 79 22%29%49%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 65 36%24%40%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 86 12%30%58%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 75 17%28%55%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 18 Jan 2023 73 21%31%48%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 23 Jul 2022 40 31%38%31%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 19 Jan 2022 53 36%38%26%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 54 35%37%28%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 78 31%40%29%77% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 64 31%42%27%86% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 45 67%28%6%73% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 99 32%23%45%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 57 80%11%9%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 69 28%43%29%76% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.