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3I PLC

Company number 00397156. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

13days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, 3I PLC reported that it took an average of 13 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 9% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 92% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 12 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 14 Mar 2021 14 Sep 2021 12 Mar 2022 13 Sep 2022 13 Mar 2023 11 Sep 2023 12 Mar 2024 13 Sep 2024 12 Mar 2025 12 Sep 2025 12 Mar 2026 13 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 13 90%9%1%23% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 12 98%2%0%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 12 97%3%0%16% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 12 97%3%0%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 13 96%4%0%12% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 12 97%3%0%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 11 98%2%0%7% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 13 95%5%0%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 13 98%2%0%7% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 12 98%2%0%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 14 97%2%1%6% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 24 Apr 2021 14 97%3%0%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 19 Oct 2020 15 96%3%1%8% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 15 93%7%0%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 14 97%2%1%6% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 15 97%2%1%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 18 93%5%2%17% 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.