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British Gas Trading Limited

Registered as BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED. Company number 03078711. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

17days 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, British Gas Trading Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 96% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 15 Dec 2020 16 Jun 2021 16 Dec 2021 16 Jun 2022 16 Dec 2022 14 Jun 2023 14 Dec 2023 14 Jun 2024 16 Dec 2024 17 Jun 2025 15 Dec 2025 17 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 30 Jul 2026 17 96%4%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 11 May 2026 15 95%5%0%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 17 94%6%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 16 91%9%0%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 14 92%8%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 14 92%8%0%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 14 92%7%1%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 16 91%5%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 16 90%6%4%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 16 90%6%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 16 90%7%3%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 15 92%5%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 15 92%6%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 16 91%8%1%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 17 91%9%0%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 20 86%10%4%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 20 86%11%3%10% 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.