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BP International Limited

Registered as BP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. Company number 00542515. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

29days 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 International Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 22% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% 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 34 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 38 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 36 Jun 2022 38 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 39 Dec 2023 38 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 29 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 28 Jul 2026 29 76%22%2%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 30 76%22%2%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 34 73%24%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 37 72%23%5%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 38 70%25%5%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 39 69%24%7%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 19 Jul 2023 38 60%31%9%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 38 62%33%5%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 36 70%24%5%11% Report
Oct to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 35 74%22%5%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 35 71%25%5%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 38 51%44%5%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 41 34%59%7%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 39 38%57%5%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 38 34%61%5%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 39 22%73%5%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 39 23%71%6%25% 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.