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Colas Limited

Registered as COLAS LIMITED. Company number 02644726. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2025, filed 29 January 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, Colas Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 52% of invoices within 30 days, 44% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 22% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 35 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Jun 2020 46 Dec 2020 46 Jun 2021 44 Dec 2021 72 Jun 2022 63 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 44 Dec 2023 35 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 32 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025

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
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 34 52%44%4%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 32 65%31%4%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 23 Jan 2025 35 53%42%5%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 35 46%47%7%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Feb 2024 44 38%52%10%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 29 Feb 2024 34 44%50%6%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 63 28%40%32%61% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 72 9%48%43%86% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 44 20%70%10%79% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 46 18%73%9%78% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 46 21%66%13%65% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 49 18%65%17%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 22 Jan 2020 40 36%56%8%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 36 48%44%8%68% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 35 44%50%6%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 35 46%48%6%13% 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.