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Pentagon Freight Services PLC

Registered as PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES PLC. Company number 01162218. 19 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 8 July 2026.

39days 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, Pentagon Freight Services PLC reported that it took an average of 39 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 31% of invoices within 30 days, 62% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 13% 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 45 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 46 Apr 2021 49 Oct 2021 47 Apr 2022 44 Oct 2022 47 Apr 2023 49 Oct 2023 48 Apr 2024 44 Oct 2024 45 Apr 2025 43 Oct 2025 42 Dec 2025 39 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 8 Jul 2026 39 31%62%7%13% Report
May to Dec 2025 25 Jun 2026 42 26%64%10%12% Report
May to Oct 2025 13 Jan 2026 43 23%64%13%7% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 28 May 2025 45 23%65%12%12% Report
May to Oct 2024 5 Dec 2024 44 21%64%15%11% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 29 May 2024 48 22%61%17%15% Report
May to Oct 2023 24 Nov 2023 49 19%67%14%15% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 4 Jul 2023 47 16%57%26%11% Report
May to Oct 2022 15 Dec 2022 44 23%57%20%13% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 25 May 2022 47 17%63%20%20% Report
May to Oct 2021 19 Nov 2021 49 16%68%17%17% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 3 Jun 2021 46 20%60%21%21% Report
May to Oct 2020 20 Nov 2020 42 25%63%12%12% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 28 May 2020 46 13%69%19%19% Report
May to Oct 2019 27 Nov 2019 48 12%72%16%16% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 45 18%78%4%4% Report
May to Oct 2018 3 Dec 2018 46 11%75%14%14% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 8 Jun 2018 52 5%82%14%14% Report
May to Oct 2017 19 Mar 2018 50 9%79%12%12% 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.