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J.N. Bentley Limited

Registered as J.N. BENTLEY LIMITED. Company number 01085646. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

35days 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, J.N. Bentley Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 39% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% 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 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Dec 2020 48 Jun 2021 46 Dec 2021 41 Jun 2022 36 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 35 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 36 Jun 2025 35 Dec 2025 35 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 35 39%58%3%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 35 41%56%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 36 38%58%4%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 35 40%57%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 37 38%57%5%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 35 40%55%5%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 37 35%60%5%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 36 33%63%4%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 41 22%73%5%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 46 19%72%9%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 48 18%71%11%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 48 22%65%13%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 49 20%64%16%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 46 20%65%15%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 18 Jul 2019 48 19%60%21%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 53 15%52%33%61% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 52 16%59%25%99% 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.