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UK Cables Limited

Registered as UK CABLES LIMITED. Company number 02832874. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

49days 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, UK Cables Limited reported that it took an average of 49 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 27% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 17% 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 52 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 74 Jun 2020 53 Dec 2020 53 Jun 2021 53 Dec 2021 54 Jun 2022 51 Dec 2022 60 Jun 2023 52 Dec 2023 52 Dec 2024 52 Jun 2025 51 Dec 2025 49 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 31 Jul 2026 49 36%37%27%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 51 33%41%26%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 52 31%25%44%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 52 29%46%25%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jul 2024 52 28%47%25%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 60 27%43%30%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 51 30%45%25%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 54 30%45%25%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 53 31%44%25%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 53 30%43%27%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 53 30%43%27%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 74 26%43%31%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 58 22%43%35%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 55 26%43%31%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 60 23%40%37%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 57 23%43%34%23% 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.