30 Fair PaymentHow fast UK companies pay their suppliers
  1. Home
  2. Companies
  3. Manchester Airport PLC

Manchester Airport PLC

Registered as MANCHESTER AIRPORT PLC. Company number 01960988. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

25days 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, Manchester Airport PLC reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 86% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 24 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 5 Mar 2021 31 Sep 2021 34 Mar 2022 23 Sep 2022 22 Mar 2023 15 Sep 2023 19 Mar 2024 15 Sep 2024 11 Mar 2025 24 Sep 2025 24 Mar 2026 25 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 30 Oct 2026 25 86%12%2%12% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 24 86%12%2%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 24 89%10%1%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 11 83%12%5%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 15 74%19%7%26% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 19 73%20%7%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 1 May 2024 15 71%20%9%29% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 31 Oct 2023 22 73%18%9%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 23 89%4%7%11% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Jul 2022 34 90%5%5%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 31 90%3%7%10% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 22 Apr 2021 5 88%5%7%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 36 68%14%18%32% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 22 Jul 2020 41 65%20%15%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 1 Nov 2019 40 59%28%13%41% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 1 Nov 2019 51 37%44%19%63% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 12 Apr 2019 66 39%35%27%31% 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.