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East Midlands International Airport Limited

Registered as EAST MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED. Company number 02078271. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

27days 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, East Midlands International Airport Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 25 days, so it is 2 days 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 39 Sep 2021 41 Mar 2022 38 Sep 2022 41 Mar 2023 38 Sep 2023 43 Mar 2024 33 Sep 2024 36 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 27 Mar 2026 27 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 27 80%17%3%5% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 1 Jun 2026 27 79%18%3%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 25 86%13%1%14% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 36 75%14%11%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 33 67%21%12%33% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 43 68%19%13%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 1 May 2024 38 79%8%13%21% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 31 Oct 2023 41 63%21%16%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 38 85%6%9%15% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Jul 2022 41 83%5%12%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 39 87%3%10%13% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 22 Apr 2021 5 89%3%8%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 31 71%11%18%29% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 22 Jul 2020 41 68%20%12%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 1 Nov 2019 44 58%26%16%42% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 1 Nov 2019 51 37%45%18%63% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 12 Apr 2019 58 37%40%23%63% 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.