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Knights Brown Construction Ltd

Registered as KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD. Company number 02081940. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

38days 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, Knights Brown Construction Ltd reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 45% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 14% after more than 60 days. It said 39% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% 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 26 days, so it is 12 days slower 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 42 Mar 2021 37 Sep 2021 40 Mar 2022 44 Sep 2022 44 Mar 2023 42 Sep 2023 45 Mar 2024 41 Sep 2024 35 Mar 2025 26 Sep 2025 29 Mar 2026 38 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 38 45%41%14%39% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 20 Apr 2026 29 63%30%7%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 26 69%25%6%18% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 2 Apr 2025 35 49%40%11%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 15 Oct 2024 41 32%52%15%33% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 45 29%49%22%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 42 31%52%17%36% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 44 32%48%20%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 44 31%49%20%31% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 21 Apr 2022 40 39%47%14%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 37 46%41%12%25% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 1 Apr 2021 42 33%52%15%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 15 Oct 2020 48 25%51%24%35% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 3 Apr 2020 52 15%54%31%56% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 55 12%49%39%66% 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.