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First Corporate Shipping Limited

Registered as FIRST CORPORATE SHIPPING LIMITED. Company number 02542406. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 3 September 2026.

31days 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 Corporate Shipping Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 49% of invoices within 30 days, 49% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% 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 34 days, so it is 3 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Dec 2020 37 Jun 2021 37 Dec 2021 36 Jun 2022 36 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 33 Dec 2025 31 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 3 Sep 2026 31 49%49%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 33 43%56%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 34 41%57%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 32 46%52%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Aug 2024 34 42%56%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 34 41%57%2%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 19 Jul 2023 34 41%56%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 17 Jan 2023 36 36%60%4%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 36 37%57%6%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 37 37%59%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 13 Jul 2021 37 36%57%7%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 40 62%32%6%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 13 Jul 2020 32 51%45%4%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 10 Jan 2020 30 55%43%2%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 30 57%41%2%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 16 Jan 2019 29 57%41%2%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 9 Jul 2018 29 59%38%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 15 Jan 2018 30 59%38%3%4% 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.