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De la Rue Holdings Limited

Registered as DE LA RUE HOLDINGS LIMITED. Company number 00058025. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 22 October 2026.

41days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, De la Rue Holdings Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 16% after more than 60 days. It said 73% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 28 September 2025, the average was 54 days, so it is 13 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Mar 2021 40 Sep 2021 43 Mar 2022 35 Sep 2022 45 Mar 2023 37 Sep 2023 47 Mar 2024 42 Sep 2024 65 Mar 2025 54 Sep 2025 53 Mar 2026 41 Sep 2026

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
Mar to Sep 2026 22 Oct 2026 41 53%31%16%73% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 15 Apr 2026 53 45%36%19%77% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 16 Oct 2025 54 37%33%30%56% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 7 May 2025 65 19%42%39%88% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 23 Oct 2024 42 43%34%23%65% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 47 40%38%22%63% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 19 Oct 2023 37 59%31%10%51% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 45 48%39%13%47% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 21 Oct 2022 35 56%34%10%56% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 43 48%37%15%44% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 1 Nov 2021 40 52%33%15%55% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 7 May 2021 52 47%34%19%59% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 8 Dec 2020 51 47%30%23%63% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 8 Dec 2020 66 26%41%33%63% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 64 29%45%26%59% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 6 Jun 2019 94 28%37%35%66% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 11 Jan 2019 66 32%33%35%74% 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.