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Airbus Defence and Space Limited

Registered as AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED. Company number 02449259. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

34days 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, Airbus Defence and Space Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 33 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 50 Dec 2020 42 Jun 2021 40 Dec 2021 40 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 33 Dec 2024 33 Jun 2025 33 Dec 2025 34 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 23 Jul 2026 34 40%58%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 33 47%51%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 33 46%52%2%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 16 Jan 2025 33 51%44%5%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 10 Jul 2024 33 50%46%4%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 5 Jan 2024 33 53%43%4%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 4 Aug 2023 34 52%43%5%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 31 54%43%3%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 40 32%63%5%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 40 30%65%5%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 42 23%72%5%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 11 Jan 2021 50 14%76%10%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 65 13%62%25%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 6 Jan 2020 49 37%38%25%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 73 7%42%51%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 70 8%43%49%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 70 6%45%49%25% 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.