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Anglian Water Business (National) Limited

Registered as ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED. Company number 03017251. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 14 October 2026.

23days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Anglian Water Business (National) Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 27 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Mar 2021 26 Sep 2021 28 Mar 2022 29 Sep 2022 27 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 27 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 27 Sep 2025 26 Mar 2026 23 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 14 Oct 2026 23 93%2%5%4% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 26 88%9%3%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 23 Oct 2025 27 90%8%2%12% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 27 87%12%1%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 23 Oct 2024 27 76%23%1%25% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 23 Apr 2024 28 75%23%2%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 27 68%30%2%23% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 27 76%22%2%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 29 68%30%2%32% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 28 69%28%3%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 21 Oct 2021 26 72%26%2%27% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 26 75%22%3%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 30 60%36%4%31% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 27 71%26%3%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 48 61%24%15%39% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Oct 2019 39 54%37%9%50% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 25 Oct 2019 38 41%46%13%61% 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.