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Lonza Biologics PLC

Registered as LONZA BIOLOGICS PLC. Company number 02742471. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

70days 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, Lonza Biologics PLC reported that it took an average of 70 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 9% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 58% after more than 60 days. It said 74% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% 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 59 days, so it is 11 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Dec 2020 51 Jun 2021 56 Dec 2021 57 Jun 2022 70 Dec 2022 60 Jun 2023 45 Dec 2023 64 Jun 2024 56 Dec 2024 59 Jun 2025 58 Dec 2025 70 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 16 Jul 2026 70 9%33%58%74% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 58 15%67%18%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 59 19%68%13%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 56 22%68%10%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 64 20%67%13%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 9 Jan 2024 45 31%65%4%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Aug 2023 60 24%59%17%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 70 10%58%32%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 57 12%59%29%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 56 15%59%26%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 51 12%61%27%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 21 Feb 2021 55 14%59%27%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 59 9%63%28%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 4 Feb 2020 48 37%47%16%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 3 Sep 2019 53 41%43%16%31% 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.