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Arriva Kent Thameside Limited

Registered as ARRIVA KENT THAMESIDE LIMITED. Company number 02005266. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

50days 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, Arriva Kent Thameside Limited reported that it took an average of 50 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 28% of invoices within 30 days, 70% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 16% 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 53 days, so it is 3 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Dec 2020 59 Jun 2021 56 Dec 2021 55 Jun 2022 58 Dec 2022 55 Jun 2023 51 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 52 Dec 2024 53 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 50 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 30 Jul 2026 50 28%70%2%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 52 22%74%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 53 17%76%7%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 52 20%72%8%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 51 21%71%7%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 51 22%71%7%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 55 21%69%10%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 19 Jan 2023 58 15%70%15%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 55 17%71%12%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 56 14%73%13%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 59 14%70%16%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 55 13%76%12%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 20 Jul 2020 61 4%54%42%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 53 18%72%10%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 19 Jul 2019 54 15%67%18%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 44 23%67%9%69% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 15 Aug 2018 45 24%60%17%72% 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.