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Qioptiq Limited

Registered as QIOPTIQ LIMITED. Company number 00876004. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

38days 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, Qioptiq Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 39% of invoices within 30 days, 55% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 29% 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 30 June 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Dec 2020 37 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 49 Jun 2022 44 Dec 2022 49 Jun 2023 49 Dec 2023 40 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 36 Jun 2025 45 Dec 2025 38 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 38 39%55%6%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 45 25%61%14%75% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 36 40%57%3%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 8 Jan 2025 37 38%59%3%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 1 Jul 2024 40 35%54%11%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Mar 2024 49 35%55%10%55% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 3 Jul 2023 49 36%53%11%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 5 Jan 2023 44 35%60%6%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 4 Jul 2022 49 35%55%10%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 14 Jan 2022 39 39%57%4%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Aug 2021 37 38%57%4%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 12 Jan 2021 36 44%49%6%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 6 Aug 2020 39 49%40%11%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 22 Jan 2020 54 32%50%18%52% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 54 22%56%22%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 54 22%53%25%64% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 51 15%63%22%55% 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.