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VP PLC

Company number 00481833. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

48days 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, VP PLC reported that it took an average of 48 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 25% of invoices within 30 days, 64% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 29% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 18% 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 51 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 58 Mar 2021 66 Sep 2021 62 Mar 2022 59 Sep 2022 57 Mar 2023 54 Sep 2023 57 Mar 2024 60 Sep 2024 53 Mar 2025 51 Sep 2025 53 Mar 2026 48 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 29 Oct 2026 48 25%64%11%29% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 1 May 2026 53 31%42%27%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 15 Oct 2025 51 33%35%32%43% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 10 Jul 2025 53 29%34%37%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 9 Jul 2025 60 29%34%37%40% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 23 Apr 2024 57 25%35%40%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 54 25%35%40%32% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 57 24%36%40%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 59 21%36%43%42% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 62 20%34%46%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 66 18%34%49%52% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 58 20%36%44%49% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 60 13%41%46%59% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 1 May 2020 55 22%40%38%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 51 23%44%33%35% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 53 22%43%35%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 52 22%40%38%46% 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.