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Yorkshire Water Services Limited

Registered as YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 02366682. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

36days 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, Yorkshire Water Services Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 41% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 11% 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 September 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Mar 2021 40 Sep 2021 35 Mar 2022 62 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 53 Sep 2023 46 Mar 2024 35 Sep 2024 33 Mar 2025 37 Sep 2025 30 Mar 2026 36 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 29 Oct 2026 36 41%47%12%11% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 11 May 2026 30 51%47%2%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 37 45%39%16%39% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 2 May 2025 33 48%47%5%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 35 54%31%15%26% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 46 28%67%5%44% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 53 21%69%10%59% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 37 37%59%4%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 62 30%62%8%23% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 35 43%50%7%49% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 40 40%51%9%49% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 21 Apr 2021 30 63%29%8%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 20 Oct 2020 29 66%25%9%21% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 39 45%41%14%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 36 48%42%10%27% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 37 46%47%7%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 24 Oct 2018 34 38%54%8%17% 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.