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Docklands Light Railway Limited

Registered as DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY LIMITED. Company number 02052677. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

22days 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, Docklands Light Railway Limited reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 91% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 21 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 19 Mar 2021 36 Sep 2021 19 Mar 2022 22 Sep 2022 23 Mar 2023 21 Sep 2023 20 Mar 2024 17 Sep 2024 22 Mar 2025 21 Sep 2025 19 Mar 2026 22 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 23 Oct 2026 22 91%8%1%19% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 19 96%3%1%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 21 92%5%3%18% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 22 88%7%5%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 17 96%3%1%9% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 20 90%5%5%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 21 90%7%3%18% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 23 88%9%3%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 22 89%8%3%22% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 3 May 2022 19 92%5%3%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 30 Nov 2021 36 83%7%10%33% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 18 Sep 2023 19 91%4%5%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 7 Jan 2021 17 96%2%2%17% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 14 96%3%1%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Dec 2020 13 96%3%1%11% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 12 98%2%0%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 16 94%4%2%18% 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.