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The Go-Ahead Group Limited

Registered as THE GO-AHEAD GROUP LIMITED. Company number 02100855. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2023, filed 23 January 2024.

30days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 2 July 2023 to 31 December 2023, The Go-Ahead Group Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 74% of invoices within 30 days, 20% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2022, the average was 33 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Jun 2018 34 Dec 2018 30 Jun 2019 32 Dec 2019 32 Jun 2020 34 Jan 2021 35 Jul 2021 33 Jan 2022 31 Jul 2022 33 Dec 2022 32 Jul 2023 30 Dec 2023

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
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 30 74%20%6%14% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 21 Jul 2023 32 71%23%6%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 33 69%22%9%19% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022 31 68%27%5%18% Report
Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 25 Jan 2022 33 45%50%5%20% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 23 Jul 2021 35 39%56%5%26% Report
Jun 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Jan 2021 34 33%62%5%30% Report
Dec 2019 to Jun 2020 17 Jul 2020 32 43%52%5%22% Report
Jun to Dec 2019 17 Jan 2020 32 48%47%5%18% Report
Dec 2018 to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 30 54%42%4%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 25 Jan 2019 34 46%49%5%24% Report
Dec 2017 to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 38 40%46%14%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 26 Jan 2018 32 61%34%5%27% 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.