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BP Shipping Limited

Registered as BP SHIPPING LIMITED. Company number 00140132. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

14days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, BP Shipping Limited reported that it took an average of 14 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 94% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 32% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 90% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 15 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Dec 2020 40 Jun 2021 43 Dec 2021 44 Jun 2022 41 Dec 2022 39 Jun 2023 46 Dec 2023 42 Jun 2024 41 Dec 2024 15 Jun 2025 17 Dec 2025 14 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 27 Jul 2026 14 94%5%1%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 17 95%4%1%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 15 94%5%1%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 41 67%22%11%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 42 55%33%12%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 46 52%31%17%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 39 46%39%16%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 41 58%30%13%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 44 65%20%15%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 43 74%16%10%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 40 71%19%10%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 43 66%22%12%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 39 71%20%9%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 39 71%21%8%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 37 70%23%7%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 37 59%34%7%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 47 24%67%9%67% 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.