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P.J. Carey (Contractors) Limited

Registered as P.J. CAREY (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED. Company number 01460224. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

34days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, P.J. Carey (Contractors) Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 51 days, so it is 17 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 34 Mar 2021 43 Sep 2021 36 Mar 2022 37 Sep 2022 29 Mar 2023 29 Sep 2023 30 Mar 2024 44 Sep 2024 42 Mar 2025 51 Sep 2025 52 Mar 2026 34 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 34 60%27%13%10% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 52 39%42%19%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 51 47%37%16%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 42 60%29%11%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 44 54%33%13%0% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 30 56%27%17%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 29 54%33%13%21% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 29 Apr 2023 29 58%27%15%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 37 52%29%19%32% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 36 50%24%26%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 43 45%25%30%48% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 34 48%30%22%44% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 49 40%14%46%61% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 37 53%21%26%50% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 36 51%22%27%51% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 33 54%29%17%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 36 49%30%21%25% 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.