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Fitch Ratings Ltd

Registered as FITCH RATINGS LTD. Company number 01316230. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

27days 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, Fitch Ratings Ltd reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 63% of invoices within 30 days, 34% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 92% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 16 days, so it is 11 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Dec 2020 23 Jun 2021 20 Dec 2021 23 Jun 2022 29 Dec 2022 29 Jun 2023 29 Dec 2023 13 Jun 2024 10 Dec 2024 16 Jun 2025 11 Dec 2025 27 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 30 Jul 2026 27 63%34%3%92% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 2 Feb 2026 11 87%7%6%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 1 Aug 2025 16 94%3%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 3 Feb 2025 10 88%6%6%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 13 87%6%7%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 29 75%13%12%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 29 69%21%10%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 29 70%16%14%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 23 76%15%9%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 20 76%17%7%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 23 80%14%6%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 26 79%12%9%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 30 65%24%11%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 30 69%23%7%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 31 67%25%8%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 29 72%19%9%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 30 66%26%8%44% 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.