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Centrica Business Solutions UK Limited

Registered as CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED. Company number 01874716. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

42days 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, Centrica Business Solutions UK Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 26% of invoices within 30 days, 71% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% 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 45 days, so it is 3 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Dec 2020 26 Jun 2021 28 Dec 2021 40 Jun 2022 40 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 36 Jun 2024 36 Dec 2024 45 Jun 2025 41 Dec 2025 42 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 42 26%71%3%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 41 29%67%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 45 25%70%5%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 36 37%62%1%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 36 37%62%1%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 36 37%62%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 38 36%60%4%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 40 28%67%5%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 40 31%57%12%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 28 67%31%2%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 26 80%18%2%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 26 77%21%2%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 36 37%55%8%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.