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Colt Technology Services

Registered as COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. Company number 02452736. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

33days 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, Colt Technology Services reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 56% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 38 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Dec 2020 34 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 37 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 38 Dec 2024 38 Jun 2025 43 Dec 2025 33 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 29 Jul 2026 33 56%32%12%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 43 64%13%23%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 38 49%44%7%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 38 50%44%6%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 37 49%46%5%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 37 52%43%5%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 38 48%47%5%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 34 53%43%4%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 34 53%42%5%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 35 51%44%5%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 34 55%42%3%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 36 54%39%7%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 35 53%41%6%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 39 53%39%8%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 37 52%38%10%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 36 53%36%11%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 36 51%39%10%50% 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.