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Veolia ES (UK) Limited

Registered as VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED. Company number 02481991. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

36days 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, Veolia ES (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 55% of invoices within 30 days, 40% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 24% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 36 Jun 2022 35 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 32 Dec 2023 35 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 36 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 36 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 36 55%40%5%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 15 Jan 2026 34 56%38%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 14 Jul 2025 36 57%35%8%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 13 Jan 2025 35 59%36%5%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Jul 2024 35 59%35%7%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 18 Jan 2024 32 63%32%5%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 5 Jul 2023 37 58%32%9%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 13 Jan 2023 35 60%32%8%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 7 Jul 2022 36 59%31%10%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 14 Jan 2022 39 55%31%14%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 16 Jul 2021 35 59%34%7%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 5 Jan 2021 30 70%25%5%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 8 Jul 2020 29 71%25%4%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 10 Jan 2020 30 69%25%6%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 30 66%28%6%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Jan 2019 32 62%31%7%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 19 Jul 2018 34 60%31%9%47% 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.