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Blue Arrow Ltd.

Registered as BLUE ARROW LTD.. Company number 00641659. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 5 October 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

38days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 6 April 2026 to 5 October 2026, Blue Arrow Ltd. reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 50% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 18% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 5 October 2025, the average was 47 days, so it is 9 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Jul 2021 29 Dec 2021 33 Jul 2022 48 Dec 2022 46 Jun 2023 61 Dec 2023 59 Jun 2024 64 Sep 2024 54 Apr 2025 47 Oct 2025 42 Apr 2026 38 Oct 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 Oct 2026 23 Oct 2026 38 50%32%18%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Apr 2026 29 Apr 2026 42 45%36%19%10% Report
Apr to Oct 2025 10 Nov 2025 47 35%37%28%10% Report
Oct 2024 to Apr 2025 1 May 2025 54 26%49%25%81% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 2 Nov 2024 64 26%41%33%82% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 59 23%43%34%90% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 61 27%37%36%51% Report
Mar to Jun 2023 22 Aug 2023 46 37%40%23%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 48 32%51%17%12% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 25 Jul 2022 33 41%56%3%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 29 53%43%4%10% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 20 Jul 2021 26 59%38%3%10% Report
Jul 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Jan 2021 23 54%42%4%17% Report
Jan to Jul 2020 15 Jul 2020 29 56%40%4%19% Report
Jul 2019 to Jan 2020 31 Jan 2020 26 63%33%3%8% Report
Jan to Jul 2019 31 Jul 2019 24 64%33%3%11% Report
Jun 2018 to Jan 2019 23 Jan 2019 27 63%33%4%9% Report
Dec 2017 to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 35 47%44%9%9% 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.