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Air Products Public Limited Company

Registered as AIR PRODUCTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. Company number 00103881. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 20 October 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Air Products Public Limited Company reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 52% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 47% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 41 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Mar 2021 47 Sep 2021 42 Mar 2022 42 Sep 2022 42 Mar 2023 44 Sep 2023 43 Mar 2024 38 Sep 2024 48 Mar 2025 41 Sep 2025 45 Mar 2026 42 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
Apr to Sep 2026 20 Oct 2026 42 40%52%8%47% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 45 39%50%11%48% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 21 Oct 2025 41 38%51%11%75% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 2 May 2025 48 42%46%12%58% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 21 Oct 2024 38 72%21%7%29% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 17 Apr 2024 43 64%24%12%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 11 Oct 2023 44 63%26%12%20% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 21 Apr 2023 42 64%23%13%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 19 Oct 2022 42 65%25%10%22% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 42 64%23%13%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 19 Oct 2021 47 58%26%16%25% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 23 Apr 2021 42 63%24%13%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 42 58%26%16%27% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 45 59%26%15%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 42 57%31%12%29% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 45 53%31%16%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 52 57%30%13%31% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 27 Apr 2018 41 57%30%13%32% 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.