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National Tube Stockholders Limited

Registered as NATIONAL TUBE STOCKHOLDERS LIMITED. Company number 01897183. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 22 July 2026.

53days 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, National Tube Stockholders Limited reported that it took an average of 53 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 5% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 44% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 13% 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 49 days, so it is 4 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Jun 2019 54 Dec 2019 54 Jun 2020 54 Jun 2022 55 Dec 2022 54 Jun 2023 53 Dec 2023 52 Jun 2024 52 Dec 2024 49 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 53 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 22 Jul 2026 53 5%51%44%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 3 Feb 2026 52 15%50%35%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 15 Jul 2025 49 17%52%31%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 20 Jan 2025 52 14%52%34%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Aug 2024 52 15%50%35%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 53 13%53%34%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 18 Jul 2023 54 12%49%40%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Mar 2023 55 10%52%37%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 24 Aug 2022 54 12%49%39%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 12 Jan 2021 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2020 15 Sep 2020 54 14%42%44%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 3 Feb 2020 54 9%54%37%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 51 14%53%32%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Mar 2019 55 7%57%36%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 4 Sep 2018 50 14%57%29%1% 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.