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Gatwick Airport Limited

Registered as GATWICK AIRPORT LIMITED. Company number 01991018. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 1 September 2026.

37days 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, Gatwick Airport Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 62% of invoices within 30 days, 29% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 33% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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 26 days, so it is 11 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Dec 2020 32 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 24 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 27 Jun 2024 27 Dec 2024 26 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 37 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 1 Sep 2026 37 62%29%9%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 6 Feb 2026 30 80%15%5%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 11 Sep 2025 26 82%15%3%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 27 82%16%2%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 2 Aug 2024 27 78%19%3%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 25 79%18%3%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 24 81%15%3%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 23 83%14%3%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 26 83%13%4%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 9 May 2022 29 78%15%7%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 May 2022 32 73%19%8%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 9 May 2022 32 76%16%8%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 32 71%23%6%16% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 12 May 2020 28 74%21%5%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 30 67%28%5%14% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 33 65%26%9%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 31 61%29%10%20% 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.