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BP Oil UK Limited

Registered as BP OIL UK LIMITED. Company number 00446915. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

16days 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, BP Oil UK Limited reported that it took an average of 16 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 88% 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 21 days, so it is 5 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 15 Dec 2020 16 Jun 2021 16 Dec 2021 23 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 39 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 18 Dec 2025 16 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 29 Jul 2026 16 87%13%0%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 18 83%16%1%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 21 82%17%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 37 52%44%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 37 49%49%3%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 39 49%48%3%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 37 50%45%5%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 23 83%16%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 23 70%26%4%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 16 90%9%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 16 91%8%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 15 93%6%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 15 93%5%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 17 93%6%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 18 92%6%2%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 20 90%8%2%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 22 88%7%5%9% 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.