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Carl Zeiss Ltd

Registered as CARL ZEISS LTD. Company number 00542141. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

24days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Carl Zeiss Ltd reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 73% of invoices within 30 days, 26% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 March 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Sep 2019 40 Mar 2020 52 Sep 2020 40 Mar 2021 25 Sep 2022 25 Mar 2023 24 Sep 2023 23 Mar 2024 23 Sep 2024 24 Mar 2025 23 Sep 2025 24 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Jul 2026 24 73%26%1%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 18 Dec 2025 23 73%25%2%0% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 18 Dec 2025 24 78%19%3%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 4 Nov 2024 23 68%30%2%0% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 20 Jun 2024 23 80%18%2%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 16 Jan 2024 24 79%19%2%0% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 16 Jan 2024 25 76%23%1%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 16 Jan 2024 25 71%28%1%0% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Jul 2021 40 75%16%9%83% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Jul 2021 52 63%19%18%88% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 26 Jul 2021 40 70%19%11%85% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 26 Jul 2021 40 56%35%9%95% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 7 Aug 2019 35 62%31%7%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 7 Aug 2019 34 62%33%5%25% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 26 Apr 2018 17 90%9%1%41% 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.