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East London Bus & Coach Company Limited

Registered as EAST LONDON BUS & COACH COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 02328402. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 2 May 2026, filed 1 June 2026.

39days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 4 November 2025 to 2 May 2026, East London Bus & Coach Company Limited reported that it took an average of 39 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 28% of invoices within 30 days, 69% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 31% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 3 May 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Nov 2020 37 May 2021 34 Nov 2021 32 Apr 2022 27 Oct 2022 25 Apr 2023 31 Oct 2023 33 Apr 2024 36 Oct 2024 39 May 2025 43 Nov 2025 39 May 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
Nov 2025 to May 2026 1 Jun 2026 39 28%69%3%14% Report
May to Nov 2025 1 Dec 2025 43 28%67%5%9% Report
Oct 2024 to May 2025 1 Jun 2025 39 32%64%4%6% Report
Apr to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 36 34%62%4%8% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 27 May 2024 33 43%53%4%8% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 31 52%44%4%7% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 29 May 2023 25 65%34%1%3% Report
May to Oct 2022 25 Nov 2022 27 62%37%1%4% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 32 52%47%1%3% Report
May to Nov 2021 30 Nov 2021 34 49%50%1%3% Report
Nov 2020 to May 2021 31 May 2021 37 39%56%5%8% Report
May to Nov 2020 22 Dec 2020 38 32%61%7%13% Report
Oct 2019 to May 2020 23 Jun 2020 36 36%61%3%6% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 26 Nov 2019 35 51%47%2%4% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 31 54%44%2%4% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 31 49%50%1%3% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 28 64%34%2%3% Report
Apr to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 32 52%47%1%3% 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.