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Metroline Limited

Registered as METROLINE LIMITED. Company number 02826284. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

34days 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, Metroline Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 58% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 17% 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 30 June 2025, the average was 35 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 46 Jun 2021 43 Dec 2021 38 Jun 2022 39 Dec 2022 34 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 34 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 29 Jul 2026 34 58%37%5%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 34 59%34%7%16% Report
Jun to Jun 2025 15 Jul 2025 35 57%37%6%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 32 56%40%4%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 34 54%41%5%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 33 56%38%5%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 34 53%42%5%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 39 47%47%6%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 38 49%45%6%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 43 40%52%8%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 46 43%45%12%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 47 33%53%14%70% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 1 Aug 2020 35 43%49%8%54% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 42 45%46%9%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 44 39%51%10%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 24 Jan 2019 42 43%47%10%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 20 Jul 2018 40 34%57%9%48% 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.