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Vodafone Limited

Registered as VODAFONE LIMITED. Company number 01471587. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

54days 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, Vodafone Limited reported that it took an average of 54 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 33% of invoices within 30 days, 44% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% 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 62 days, so it is 8 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 57 Mar 2021 58 Sep 2021 72 Mar 2022 72 Sep 2022 74 Mar 2023 68 Sep 2023 58 Mar 2024 64 Sep 2024 61 Mar 2025 62 Sep 2025 59 Mar 2026 54 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 29 Oct 2026 54 33%44%23%2% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 59 29%42%29%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 17 Apr 2026 62 27%36%37%2% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 61 25%39%36%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 64 25%32%43%2% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 58 30%36%34%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 68 22%33%45%2% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 74 21%27%52%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 72 20%29%51%3% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 72 23%26%51%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 25 Oct 2021 58 32%35%33%2% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 57 32%37%31%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 60 30%35%35%3% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 59 34%36%30%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 71 31%22%47%7% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 67 35%21%44%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 25 Oct 2018 64 31%25%44%6% 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.