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Colas Rail Limited

Registered as COLAS RAIL LIMITED. Company number 02995525. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

22days 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, Colas Rail Limited reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 29 days, so it is 7 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 32 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 35 Dec 2022 28 Jun 2023 28 Dec 2023 28 Jun 2024 27 Dec 2024 29 Jun 2025 25 Dec 2025 22 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 27 Jul 2026 22 92%6%2%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 25 87%10%3%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 29 73%22%5%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 27 77%19%4%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 28 75%19%6%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 28 70%24%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 28 71%23%6%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 35 65%21%14%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 34 51%31%18%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 32 69%21%9%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 5 Aug 2021 39 50%33%17%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 36 58%31%11%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 38 51%36%13%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 39 52%37%11%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 8 Aug 2019 37 45%41%14%54% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 20 May 2019 40 42%41%17%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 14 Aug 2018 55 40%40%20%70% 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.