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BP Exploration (Alpha) Limited

Registered as BP EXPLORATION (ALPHA) LIMITED. Company number 01021007. 5 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2020, filed 29 July 2020.

28days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020, BP Exploration (Alpha) Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2019, the average was 25 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Jun 2018 31 Dec 2018 25 Jun 2019 25 Dec 2019 28 Jun 2020

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 2020 29 Jul 2020 28 84%13%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 25 93%7%0%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 25 58%41%1%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 31 31%66%3%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 29 36%62%2%58% 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.