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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited

Registered as VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS (EUROPE) LIMITED. Company number 02907620. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 22 July 2026.

39days 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, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited reported that it took an average of 39 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 19% of invoices within 30 days, 80% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 31% 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 41 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Dec 2020 32 Jun 2021 34 Dec 2021 43 Jun 2022 42 Dec 2022 43 Jun 2023 42 Dec 2023 42 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 39 Dec 2025 39 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 22 Jul 2026 39 19%80%1%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 23 Jan 2026 39 20%79%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 41 18%79%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 21 Jan 2025 40 21%77%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 42 19%78%3%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 42 19%78%3%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 43 17%76%7%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 42 21%73%6%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 43 31%68%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 34 35%64%1%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 14 Jul 2021 32 46%53%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 19 Jan 2021 32 37%62%1%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 27 58%38%4%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 22 76%23%1%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 20 86%13%1%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 10 Jan 2019 18 86%13%1%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 10 Jan 2019 21 81%17%2%20% 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.