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Derry Building Services Limited

Registered as DERRY BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 01481063. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 25 September 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Derry Building Services Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 7% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 August 2025). 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 35 Feb 2021 35 Aug 2021 35 Feb 2022 33 Aug 2022 35 Feb 2023 34 Aug 2023 33 Feb 2024 31 Aug 2024 33 Feb 2025 34 Aug 2025 34 Feb 2026 34 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 25 Sep 2026 34 54%36%10%7% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 34 55%35%10%9% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 34 56%36%8%3% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 25 Mar 2025 33 58%32%10%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 31 61%32%7%4% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 8 Mar 2024 33 56%34%10%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 34 56%35%9%8% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 35 52%35%12%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 33 56%34%10%8% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 35 53%35%12%9% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 35 53%36%11%9% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 16 Mar 2021 35 51%38%11%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 9 Sep 2020 36 50%38%12%12% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 31 Mar 2020 38 48%38%14%13% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 44 34%48%18%17% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 43 33%48%19%14% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 26 Sep 2018 44 33%46%21%31% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 30 Mar 2018 47 32%47%21%39% 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.