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Channel Tunnel Group Limited(the)

Registered as CHANNEL TUNNEL GROUP LIMITED(THE). Company number 01811435. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 3 June 2026.

32days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, Channel Tunnel Group Limited(the) reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 21% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 26 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Jun 2020 30 Dec 2020 31 Jun 2021 30 Dec 2021 28 Jun 2022 27 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 28 Jun 2024 26 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 32 Dec 2025

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
Jul to Dec 2025 3 Jun 2026 32 81%15%4%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 3 Jun 2026 34 80%14%6%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 26 87%11%2%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Aug 2024 28 83%12%5%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Feb 2024 27 83%14%3%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Aug 2023 26 85%13%2%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 27 84%13%3%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Aug 2022 28 83%14%3%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 30 80%15%5%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 31 82%12%6%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 30 84%10%6%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 26 88%9%3%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 24 89%9%2%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 27 81%16%3%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 30 75%22%3%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 27 75%22%3%28% 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.