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P&O Ferries Limited

Registered as P&O FERRIES LIMITED. Company number 00237626. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

64days 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, P&O Ferries Limited reported that it took an average of 64 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 18% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 31% after more than 60 days. It said 73% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 6% 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 23 days, so it is 41 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 50 Dec 2020 37 Jun 2021 57 Dec 2021 49 Jun 2022 58 Dec 2022 65 Jun 2023 55 Dec 2023 61 Jun 2024 52 Dec 2024 23 Jun 2025 61 Dec 2025 64 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 31 Jul 2026 64 18%51%31%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 61 17%53%30%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 23 77%13%10%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 52 40%58%2%47% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 1 Aug 2024 61 35%33%32%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Feb 2024 55 21%61%18%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Feb 2024 65 16%61%23%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 1 Feb 2024 58 12%64%24%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Feb 2024 49 11%66%23%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 1 Feb 2024 57 13%63%24%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 1 Feb 2024 37 12%58%30%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 1 Feb 2024 50 20%63%17%51% Report
Jun to Jun 2020 1 Feb 2024 53 22%58%20%39% 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.