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Serco Limited

Registered as SERCO LIMITED. Company number 00242246. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 24 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, Serco Limited reported that it took an average of 14 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 96% of invoices within 30 days, 3% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 6% 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 22 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Dec 2020 34 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 35 Jun 2022 37 Dec 2022 30 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 19 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 24 Jul 2026 14 96%3%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 19 96%3%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 18 Jul 2025 22 94%4%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 32 95%3%2%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 24 94%3%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 27 96%3%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 30 93%4%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 37 89%6%5%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 35 85%9%6%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 35 90%6%4%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 22 Jul 2021 34 89%6%5%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 13 Jan 2021 33 90%7%3%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 36 87%9%4%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 34 86%10%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 33 87%9%4%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 31 85%11%4%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 32 84%12%4%18% 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.