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Southampton Container Terminals Limited

Registered as SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED. Company number 01960484. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

30days 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, Southampton Container Terminals Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 65% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% 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 28 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Dec 2020 31 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 32 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 23 Jun 2023 29 Dec 2023 29 Jun 2024 29 Dec 2024 28 Jun 2025 26 Dec 2025 30 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 31 Jul 2026 30 65%27%8%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 26 70%18%12%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 27 Nov 2025 28 69%28%3%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Nov 2025 29 69%26%5%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 27 Nov 2025 29 77%17%6%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 27 Nov 2025 29 79%13%8%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Nov 2025 23 79%13%8%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 34 58%37%5%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 31 Jul 2022 32 46%50%4%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 29 57%41%2%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 31 52%45%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 33 45%51%4%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 20 Jul 2020 34 39%58%3%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 24 Jan 2020 32 45%52%3%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 31 51%47%2%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Jan 2019 32 46%51%3%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 37 27%68%5%35% 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.