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Essentra International Limited

Registered as ESSENTRA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. Company number 01172804. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 20 July 2026.

56days 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, Essentra International Limited reported that it took an average of 56 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 49% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 11% 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 51 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Dec 2020 59 Jun 2021 62 Dec 2021 49 Jun 2022 51 Dec 2022 63 Jun 2023 46 Dec 2023 47 Jun 2024 63 Dec 2024 51 Jun 2025 61 Dec 2025 56 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 20 Jul 2026 56 36%41%23%49% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 61 39%36%25%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 51 36%42%22%51% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 63 39%39%22%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 11 Jul 2024 47 44%40%16%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 46 48%41%10%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 63 38%36%26%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 18 Jan 2023 51 40%40%20%47% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 49 42%37%21%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 62 49%31%20%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 59 44%31%25%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 52 35%39%26%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 31 60%33%7%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 31 69%21%10%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 38 72%11%17%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 63 38%33%29%64% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 59 40%27%33%65% 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.