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Paragon Finance PLC

Registered as PARAGON FINANCE PLC. Company number 01917566. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

19days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Paragon Finance PLC reported that it took an average of 19 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 17% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 82% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Mar 2021 22 Sep 2021 21 Mar 2022 22 Sep 2022 28 Mar 2023 21 Sep 2023 23 Mar 2024 22 Sep 2024 21 Mar 2025 19 Sep 2025 20 Mar 2026 19 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 29 Oct 2026 19 87%11%2%17% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 20 86%11%3%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 19 88%9%3%13% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 21 87%9%4%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 22 84%11%4%15% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 23 85%11%4%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 21 85%9%6%14% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 28 73%20%8%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 22 81%13%6%18% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 21 82%13%5%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 22 83%12%5%19% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 30 76%14%10%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 35 62%24%14%36% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 27 77%17%6%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 22 85%11%4%14% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 15 Apr 2019 24 81%14%5%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 23 83%11%6%15% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Apr 2018 24 81%14%5%19% 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.