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London and North Western Railway Company Limited

Registered as LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 02880012. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

48days 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, London and North Western Railway Company Limited reported that it took an average of 48 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 14% of invoices within 30 days, 63% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 73% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 18% 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 46 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 54 Dec 2020 57 Jun 2021 53 Dec 2021 51 Jun 2022 48 Dec 2022 46 Jun 2023 47 Dec 2023 61 Jun 2024 48 Dec 2024 46 Jun 2025 48 Dec 2025 48 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 48 14%63%23%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 48 12%64%24%82% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 46 15%65%20%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 48 16%61%23%78% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 61 19%59%22%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 47 15%64%21%83% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 46 14%67%18%78% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 48 12%70%18%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 51 12%64%23%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 53 11%67%22%88% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 57 10%66%25%76% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 54 11%64%25%77% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 51 9%64%27%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 56 9%57%33%82% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 5 Feb 2020 54 13%58%29%69% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 5 Feb 2020 56 13%58%29%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 5 Feb 2020 58 6%59%35%65% 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.