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Portsmouth Water Limited

Registered as PORTSMOUTH WATER LIMITED. Company number 02536455. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

17days 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, Portsmouth Water Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 48% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% 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 22 days, so it is 5 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Mar 2021 18 Sep 2021 16 Mar 2022 17 Sep 2022 19 Mar 2023 21 Sep 2023 23 Mar 2024 30 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 22 Sep 2025 13 Mar 2026 17 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 27 Oct 2026 17 81%13%6%48% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 9 Apr 2026 13 85%11%4%68% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 17 Feb 2026 22 78%16%6%84% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 8 Apr 2026 27 77%18%5%70% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 8 Apr 2026 30 81%12%7%62% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 8 Apr 2026 23 83%13%4%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 8 Apr 2026 21 78%19%3%90% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 7 Apr 2026 19 89%10%1%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 7 Apr 2026 17 87%9%4%66% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 30 May 2022 16 97%2%1%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 6 Dec 2021 18 90%9%1%22% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 May 2021 21 88%12%0%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 16 Nov 2020 22 96%3%1%2% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 16 Apr 2020 21 81%11%8%42% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 21 90%10%0%3% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 2 Apr 2019 16 99%1%0%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 15 99%1%0%4% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Apr 2018 16 98%2%0%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.