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Eli Lilly and Company Limited

Registered as ELI LILLY AND COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 00284385. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

30days 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, Eli Lilly and Company Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 44% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 18% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% 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 31 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Dec 2020 27 Jun 2021 26 Dec 2021 30 Jun 2022 27 Dec 2022 30 Jun 2023 30 Dec 2023 29 Jun 2024 28 Dec 2024 31 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 30 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 30 Jul 2026 30 53%44%3%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 30 54%44%2%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 31 54%44%2%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 28 59%39%2%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 29 56%43%1%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 30 59%39%2%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 30 56%42%2%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 27 61%37%2%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 30 59%39%2%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 1 Feb 2022 26 66%32%2%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 27 66%31%3%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 27 67%31%2%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 29 67%31%2%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 23 72%27%1%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 21 77%22%1%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 24 72%27%2%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 25 68%30%2%47% 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.