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UPS Limited

Registered as UPS LIMITED. Company number 01933173. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 24 July 2026.

35days 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, UPS Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 62% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% 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 41 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 34 Dec 2020 33 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 40 Dec 2022 48 Jun 2023 45 Dec 2023 39 Jun 2024 34 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 38 Dec 2025 35 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 24 Jul 2026 35 62%31%7%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 38 62%27%11%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 41 65%25%10%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 23 Jan 2025 34 69%27%4%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 17 Jul 2024 39 68%26%6%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 18 Jan 2024 45 65%25%10%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 48 62%24%14%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 40 64%23%12%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 7 Nov 2022 34 69%22%8%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 7 Nov 2022 35 69%21%10%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 7 Nov 2022 33 72%19%10%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 7 Nov 2022 34 74%16%10%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 7 Nov 2022 29 78%16%7%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 7 Nov 2022 29 81%12%6%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 5 Sep 2019 27 86%10%4%16% 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.