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Crest Nicholson PLC

Registered as CREST NICHOLSON PLC. Company number 01040616. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 30 May 2026.

39days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Crest Nicholson PLC reported that it took an average of 39 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 38% of invoices within 30 days, 55% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 64% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 31% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 33 days, so it is 6 days slower 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 46 Oct 2020 39 Apr 2021 36 Oct 2021 36 Apr 2022 35 Oct 2022 32 Apr 2023 36 Oct 2023 37 Apr 2024 38 Oct 2024 33 Apr 2025 36 Oct 2025 39 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 30 May 2026 39 38%55%7%64% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 36 52%42%6%57% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 29 May 2025 33 60%34%6%39% Report
May to Oct 2024 27 Nov 2024 38 55%38%7%43% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 20 May 2024 37 53%38%10%45% Report
May to Oct 2023 24 Nov 2023 36 55%38%8%39% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 19 May 2023 32 57%37%7%18% Report
May to Oct 2022 28 Nov 2022 35 49%43%8%21% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 13 Jun 2022 36 50%42%8%21% Report
May to Oct 2021 2 Dec 2021 36 51%43%6%21% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 26 May 2021 39 46%43%11%29% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 46 51%41%7%28% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 21 May 2020 37 49%42%10%24% Report
May to Oct 2019 29 Nov 2019 36 50%43%8%22% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 39 49%40%11%31% Report
May to Oct 2018 27 Nov 2018 41 46%41%14%28% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 31 May 2018 41 41%47%12%50% 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.