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Post Office Limited

Registered as POST OFFICE LIMITED. Company number 02154540. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 29 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

30days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 30 March 2026 to 29 September 2026, Post Office Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 29 September 2025, the average was 34 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Mar 2021 28 Sep 2021 30 Mar 2022 32 Sep 2022 31 Mar 2023 32 Sep 2023 31 Mar 2024 30 Sep 2024 32 Mar 2025 34 Sep 2025 34 Mar 2026 30 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
Mar to Sep 2026 15 Oct 2026 30 97%2%1%3% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 17 Apr 2026 34 96%3%1%4% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 34 95%4%1%5% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 32 96%3%1%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 18 Oct 2024 30 95%4%1%5% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 31 95%3%2%5% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 12 Oct 2023 32 95%4%1%5% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 6 Apr 2023 31 93%4%3%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 14 Oct 2022 32 94%4%2%6% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 30 94%4%2%6% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 19 Oct 2021 28 96%3%1%0% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 21 Apr 2021 29 95%5%0%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 19 Oct 2020 32 85%10%5%0% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 22 Apr 2020 31 92%6%2%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 30 94%4%2%0% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 28 97%1%2%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 28 96%3%1%0% 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.