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Greater Manchester Buses South Limited

Registered as GREATER MANCHESTER BUSES SOUTH LIMITED. Company number 02818654. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 2 May 2026, filed 1 June 2026.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 4 November 2025 to 2 May 2026, Greater Manchester Buses South Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 23% of invoices within 30 days, 74% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 29% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 3 May 2025, the average was 41 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Nov 2020 38 May 2021 34 Nov 2021 33 Apr 2022 30 Oct 2022 32 Apr 2023 38 Oct 2023 37 Apr 2024 38 Oct 2024 41 May 2025 45 Nov 2025 40 May 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
Nov 2025 to May 2026 1 Jun 2026 40 23%74%3%13% Report
May to Nov 2025 1 Dec 2025 45 21%71%8%11% Report
Oct 2024 to May 2025 1 Jun 2025 41 27%67%6%11% Report
Apr to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 38 27%69%4%9% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 27 May 2024 37 31%65%4%8% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 38 41%54%5%8% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 29 May 2023 32 59%34%7%9% Report
May to Oct 2022 25 Nov 2022 30 57%40%3%5% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 33 50%47%3%4% Report
May to Nov 2021 30 Nov 2021 34 47%50%3%4% Report
Nov 2020 to May 2021 31 May 2021 38 38%56%6%8% Report
May to Nov 2020 22 Dec 2020 40 30%61%9%13% Report
Oct 2019 to May 2020 23 Jun 2020 37 38%59%3%9% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 26 Nov 2019 36 48%50%2%3% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 32 52%46%2%3% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 30 Nov 2018 33 46%52%2%3% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 29 60%38%2%2% Report
Apr to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 34 50%48%2%2% 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.