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UK Highways M40 Limited

Registered as UK HIGHWAYS M40 LIMITED. Company number 03045707. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

25days 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 Highways M40 Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 75% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 20 days, so it is 5 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Dec 2020 25 Jun 2021 20 Dec 2021 21 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 25 Jun 2023 19 Dec 2023 19 Jun 2024 20 Dec 2024 20 Jun 2025 21 Dec 2025 25 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 25 75%23%2%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 21 89%11%0%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 20 94%6%0%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 20 91%9%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 19 91%9%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 16 Jan 2024 19 95%5%0%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 25 83%10%7%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 24 80%16%4%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 21 85%12%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 20 88%10%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 23 Jul 2021 25 86%13%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 21 Jan 2021 25 86%12%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 21 Jul 2020 40 87%9%4%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 20 86%14%0%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 6 Feb 2020 24 90%7%3%5% 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.