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Bureau Veritas Certification UK Limited

Registered as BUREAU VERITAS CERTIFICATION UK LIMITED. Company number 02244967. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

36days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Bureau Veritas Certification UK Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 48% of invoices within 30 days, 46% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 68 days, so it is 32 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 60 Dec 2020 38 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 59 Jun 2022 28 Dec 2022 39 Jun 2023 45 Dec 2023 71 Jun 2024 36 Dec 2024 68 Jun 2025 40 Dec 2025 36 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 30 Jul 2026 36 48%46%6%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 40 60%29%11%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 68 30%38%32%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 36 83%11%6%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 71 45%28%27%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 45 59%21%20%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 39 60%24%16%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 6 Feb 2023 28 71%25%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 5 Aug 2022 59 49%24%28%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 29 63%35%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 38 65%24%11%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 9 Feb 2021 60 46%25%29%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 60 5%25%70%70% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 51 34%43%23%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jul 2019 47 44%36%20%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 37 56%36%8%44% 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.