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Arriva London South Limited

Registered as ARRIVA LONDON SOUTH LIMITED. Company number 02328467. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

47days 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, Arriva London South Limited reported that it took an average of 47 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 21% of invoices within 30 days, 76% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 19% 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 53 days, so it is 6 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 53 Dec 2020 54 Jun 2021 57 Dec 2021 51 Jun 2022 63 Dec 2022 52 Jun 2023 50 Dec 2023 50 Jun 2024 51 Dec 2024 53 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 47 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 47 21%76%3%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 52 23%73%4%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 53 20%74%6%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 51 23%70%7%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 50 23%72%5%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 50 23%71%7%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 52 20%72%8%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 19 Jan 2023 63 11%74%15%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 51 10%80%11%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 57 8%79%13%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 54 11%77%12%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 53 9%81%10%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 20 Jul 2020 54 10%73%17%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 53 17%77%6%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 19 Jul 2019 52 13%71%16%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 45 18%74%8%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 15 Aug 2018 45 20%64%15%73% 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.