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Heathrow Airport Limited

Registered as HEATHROW AIRPORT LIMITED. Company number 01991017. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

28days 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, Heathrow Airport Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 9% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% 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 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2019 22 Jun 2020 23 Dec 2020 28 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 27 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 27 Jun 2024 28 Jun 2025 27 Dec 2025 28 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 29 Jul 2026 28 90%9%1%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 27 92%7%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 28 92%8%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 5 Aug 2024 27 97%2%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Feb 2024 27 93%6%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 3 Jul 2023 27 94%5%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 23 94%5%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 18 Jul 2022 26 94%5%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 28 84%14%3%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 22 Jan 2021 23 92%5%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 22 92%7%1%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 22 95%4%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 23 94%4%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 5 Feb 2019 21 94%5%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 21 94%4%2%6% 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.