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Thales UK Limited

Registered as THALES UK LIMITED. Company number 00868273. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

33days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 26 June 2026, Thales UK Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 June 2025, the average was 35 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 34 Dec 2020 36 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 35 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 41 Jun 2023 38 Dec 2023 39 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 32 Dec 2025 33 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 31 Jul 2026 33 81%14%5%12% Report
Jun to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 32 77%18%5%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 35 73%22%5%15% Report
Jun to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 37 77%18%5%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 39 73%20%7%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 38 73%22%6%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 41 65%27%8%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 34 65%28%7%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 35 57%38%5%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 35 53%43%2%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 3 Aug 2021 36 47%48%5%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 18 Jan 2021 34 52%43%5%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 38 44%50%6%18% Report
Jun to Dec 2019 3 Feb 2020 36 47%48%5%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 18 Jul 2019 37 46%49%5%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 14 Jan 2019 34 50%47%3%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 35 48%47%5%23% 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.