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Bureau Veritas UK Limited

Registered as BUREAU VERITAS UK LIMITED. Company number 01758622. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

33days 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, Bureau Veritas UK Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 66% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 59 days, so it is 26 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 59 Dec 2020 68 Jun 2021 41 Dec 2021 50 Jun 2022 51 Dec 2022 47 Jun 2023 58 Dec 2023 49 Jun 2024 36 Dec 2024 59 Jun 2025 37 Dec 2025 33 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 33 66%30%4%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 37 90%7%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 59 50%34%16%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 36 78%14%8%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 49 55%29%15%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 58 56%28%16%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 47 60%27%13%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 6 Feb 2023 51 64%20%15%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 50 60%20%20%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 41 66%23%11%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 68 69%13%18%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 9 Feb 2021 59 63%14%23%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 23 26%32%43%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 42 52%33%14%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jul 2019 39 47%40%13%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 39 60%31%9%40% 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.