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Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited

Registered as HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED. Company number 00975677. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

12days 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, Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited reported that it took an average of 12 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 93% 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 21 days, so it is 9 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Dec 2020 23 Jun 2021 16 Dec 2021 17 Jun 2022 17 Dec 2022 17 Jun 2023 18 Dec 2023 19 Jun 2024 19 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 16 Dec 2025 12 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 12 85%12%3%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 16 87%8%5%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 21 77%13%10%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 19 79%12%9%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 19 77%14%9%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 18 79%13%8%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 17 80%11%9%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 19 Jan 2023 17 79%11%10%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 11 Jul 2022 17 79%10%11%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 16 83%8%9%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 23 83%8%9%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 18 83%8%9%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 25 67%20%13%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 21 Jan 2020 21 77%15%8%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 15 Jul 2019 22 74%16%10%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Jan 2019 23 70%19%11%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 22 71%19%10%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 30 Jan 2018 21 77%13%10%26% 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.