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Ricardo UK Limited

Registered as RICARDO UK LIMITED. Company number 02815682. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

23days 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, Ricardo UK Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 60% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 24 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Dec 2020 42 Jun 2021 40 Dec 2021 37 Jun 2022 36 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 23 Jun 2024 26 Dec 2024 24 Jun 2025 27 Dec 2025 23 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 30 Jul 2026 23 70%24%6%60% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 27 58%34%8%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 24 60%34%6%59% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 26 60%33%7%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 23 64%30%6%70% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 36 52%37%11%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 36 50%38%12%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 36 49%38%12%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 37 48%38%14%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 40 47%38%15%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 42 45%39%16%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 35 50%40%10%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 41 46%38%16%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 39 57%27%16%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 19 Jul 2019 35 50%31%19%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 43 53%32%15%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 35 43%44%13%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 31 Jan 2018 46 32%48%20%63% 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.