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Tata Steel UK Limited

Registered as TATA STEEL UK LIMITED. Company number 02280000. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

107days 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, Tata Steel UK Limited reported that it took an average of 107 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 5% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 83% after more than 60 days. It said 78% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% 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 105 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 99 Mar 2021 98 Sep 2021 99 Mar 2022 98 Sep 2022 94 Mar 2023 95 Sep 2023 102 Mar 2024 96 Sep 2024 111 Mar 2025 105 Sep 2025 127 Mar 2026 107 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 15 Oct 2026 107 5%12%83%78% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 127 4%9%87%92% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 23 Oct 2025 105 5%11%84%89% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 111 4%9%87%90% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 96 6%11%83%74% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 102 5%10%85%80% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 95 6%13%81%67% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 17 Apr 2023 94 6%12%81%66% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 19 Oct 2022 98 6%11%83%69% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 99 5%10%85%83% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 20 Oct 2021 98 5%11%84%80% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 99 6%10%84%71% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 96 6%12%82%73% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 16 Apr 2020 89 7%13%80%63% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 87 6%14%80%63% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 87 6%14%80%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 25 Oct 2018 89 6%13%81%68% 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.