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Northern Trains Limited

Registered as NORTHERN TRAINS LIMITED. Company number 03076444. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

46days 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, Northern Trains Limited reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 31% of invoices within 30 days, 61% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 15% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 21% 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 44 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Mar 2021 49 Sep 2021 53 Mar 2022 55 Sep 2022 58 Mar 2023 42 Sep 2023 42 Mar 2024 42 Sep 2024 41 Mar 2025 44 Sep 2025 46 Mar 2026 46 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 23 Oct 2026 46 31%61%8%15% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Apr 2026 46 32%58%10%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 44 33%62%5%12% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 41 32%63%5%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 42 32%63%5%10% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 42 34%60%6%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 42 35%57%8%24% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 58 26%59%15%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 55 29%54%17%34% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 3 May 2022 53 30%59%11%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 30 Oct 2021 49 30%59%11%28% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 13 May 2021 28 56%42%2%36% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 23 Oct 2020 24 60%38%2%40% 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.