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John Innes Centre

Registered as JOHN INNES CENTRE. Company number 00511709. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 21 October 2026.

26days 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, John Innes Centre reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 77% of invoices within 30 days, 20% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 55% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% 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 25 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 37 Mar 2021 26 Sep 2021 27 Mar 2022 27 Sep 2022 28 Mar 2023 25 Sep 2023 26 Mar 2024 29 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 27 Mar 2026 26 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 21 Oct 2026 26 77%20%3%55% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 27 74%23%3%54% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 25 76%22%2%55% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 22 Apr 2025 26 75%22%3%56% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 11 Oct 2024 29 70%26%4%57% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 26 74%23%3%54% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 25 77%20%3%51% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 28 69%28%3%63% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 25 Oct 2022 27 76%21%3%56% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 27 75%21%4%57% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 26 77%19%4%59% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 37 63%26%11%63% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 29 70%23%7%68% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 7 May 2020 28 78%18%4%54% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 11 Oct 2019 24 74%25%1%68% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 29 68%29%3%64% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 29 64%33%3%70% 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.