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Carnaudmetalbox Engineering Limited

Registered as CARNAUDMETALBOX ENGINEERING LIMITED. Company number 00472767. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 14 August 2026.

73days 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, Carnaudmetalbox Engineering Limited reported that it took an average of 73 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 9% of invoices within 30 days, 46% in 31 to 60 days and 45% after more than 60 days. It said 35% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% 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 62 days, so it is 11 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 60 Dec 2020 61 Jun 2021 64 Dec 2021 69 Jun 2022 77 Dec 2022 64 Jun 2023 81 Dec 2023 66 Jun 2024 72 Dec 2024 62 Jun 2025 71 Dec 2025 73 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 14 Aug 2026 73 9%46%45%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 14 Aug 2026 71 11%39%50%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 14 Aug 2026 62 12%45%43%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 72 9%40%51%75% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 66 8%44%48%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 13 Feb 2024 81 9%41%50%77% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 64 8%43%49%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 77 7%43%51%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 69 6%39%55%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 64 9%42%49%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 61 7%47%46%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 60 8%47%45%69% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 68 6%44%50%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 7 Feb 2020 70 6%43%51%69% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 80 6%40%54%70% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 17 Jan 2019 69 5%49%46%69% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 71 4%43%53%66% 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.