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Jacobs U.K. Limited

Registered as JACOBS U.K. LIMITED. Company number 02594504. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 October 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

14days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 30 September 2026 to 1 October 2026, Jacobs U.K. Limited reported that it took an average of 14 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 89% of invoices within 30 days, 1% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 90% 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 16 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Mar 2021 25 Sep 2021 17 Mar 2022 17 Sep 2022 16 Mar 2023 20 Sep 2023 19 Mar 2024 16 Sep 2024 19 Mar 2025 16 Sep 2025 17 Mar 2026 14 Oct 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
Sep to Oct 2026 29 Oct 2026 14 89%1%10%0% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 17 95%3%2%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 8 Oct 2025 16 95%4%1%5% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 9 Apr 2025 19 92%7%1%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 16 95%4%1%4% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 28 Apr 2024 19 92%7%1%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 23 Oct 2023 20 91%6%3%14% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 16 89%10%1%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 17 89%9%2%15% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 15 Apr 2022 17 86%12%2%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 25 81%14%5%23% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 28 80%13%7%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 40 69%18%13%31% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 45 54%30%16%49% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 44 48%36%17%28% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 35 51%38%11%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 26 56%37%7%10% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 27 Apr 2018 35 51%40%9%24% 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.