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Britannia Refined Metals Limited

Registered as BRITANNIA REFINED METALS LIMITED. Company number 00252455. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

33days 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, Britannia Refined Metals Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 41 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 20 Dec 2020 22 Jun 2021 22 Dec 2021 23 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 20 Jun 2023 21 Dec 2023 20 Jun 2024 20 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 35 Dec 2025 33 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 23 Jul 2026 33 70%24%6%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 35 66%25%9%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 41 52%32%16%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 20 88%10%2%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 20 90%9%1%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 21 88%11%2%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 20 90%8%2%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 23 86%12%2%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 23 86%12%2%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 22 86%10%3%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 22 87%10%3%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 20 88%9%3%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 21 85%13%2%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 21 90%8%3%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 21 92%6%2%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Jan 2019 20 90%6%4%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 21 88%7%5%23% 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.