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Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Limited

Registered as MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED. Company number 01345236. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

25days 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, Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 68% of invoices within 30 days, 29% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 41% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 27 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Dec 2020 58 Jun 2021 56 Dec 2021 59 Jun 2022 56 Dec 2022 56 Jun 2023 56 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 46 Dec 2024 27 Jun 2025 26 Dec 2025 25 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 17 Jul 2026 25 68%29%3%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 26 63%35%2%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 18 Jul 2025 27 62%37%1%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 46 15%73%12%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 51 7%79%14%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 56 7%78%15%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 56 6%76%17%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 56 6%65%29%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 15 Jul 2022 59 7%57%36%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 10 Jan 2022 56 6%63%31%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Jul 2021 58 6%58%36%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 15 Jan 2021 55 7%58%35%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 22 Jul 2020 55 6%59%35%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 51 9%63%29%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 56 7%55%38%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 57 7%53%40%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 13 Sep 2018 56 6%52%42%42% 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.