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First Hydro Company

Registered as FIRST HYDRO COMPANY. Company number 02444277. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 14 July 2026.

21days 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, First Hydro Company reported that it took an average of 21 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 17% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 77% 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 22 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Dec 2020 19 Jun 2021 19 Dec 2021 20 Jun 2022 17 Dec 2022 21 Jun 2023 18 Dec 2023 21 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 21 Dec 2025 21 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 14 Jul 2026 21 84%11%5%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 21 76%16%8%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 9 Jul 2025 22 89%10%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 8 Jul 2025 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 21 91%9%0%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 11 Jul 2024 21 93%7%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 16 Jan 2024 18 90%10%0%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 21 89%10%1%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 17 74%7%19%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jan 2023 20 91%9%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 18 Jan 2022 19 92%6%2%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 19 90%8%2%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 23 77%11%12%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 27 77%18%6%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 21 92%6%2%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 22 89%10%2%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 21 92%6%2%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 20 94%6%0%9% 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.