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Portakabin Limited

Registered as PORTAKABIN LIMITED. Company number 00685303. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 9 July 2026.

44days 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, Portakabin Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 22% of invoices within 30 days, 70% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% 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 46 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 59 Dec 2020 48 Jun 2021 46 Dec 2021 43 Jun 2022 45 Dec 2022 39 Jun 2023 47 Dec 2023 45 Jun 2024 46 Dec 2024 46 Jun 2025 46 Dec 2025 44 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 9 Jul 2026 44 22%70%8%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 46 21%66%13%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 46 21%66%13%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 46 19%68%13%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 45 22%65%13%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 47 20%65%15%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 39 32%57%11%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 45 22%64%14%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 43 24%62%14%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 46 19%63%18%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 48 4%55%41%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 59 6%59%35%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 63 5%53%42%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 53 6%55%39%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 56 10%58%32%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 54 9%60%31%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 18 Jul 2018 52 9%57%34%19% 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.