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General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited

Registered as GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED. Company number 01911653. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

43days 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, General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 34% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 52% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% 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 44 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 38 Dec 2021 65 Jun 2022 71 Dec 2022 61 Jun 2023 61 Dec 2023 39 Jun 2024 46 Dec 2024 44 Jun 2025 51 Dec 2025 43 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 23 Jul 2026 43 54%34%12%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 51 36%40%24%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 44 46%41%13%51% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 46 50%36%14%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 39 70%25%5%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Feb 2024 61 43%32%25%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 61 42%32%26%68% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 71 40%27%33%70% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 30 Jul 2022 65 43%21%36%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 38 70%25%5%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 39 66%24%10%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 38 67%28%5%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 34 82%16%2%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 34 84%14%2%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 40 75%20%5%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 43 70%23%7%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 42 80%14%6%48% 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.