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Citation Limited

Registered as CITATION LIMITED. Company number 03097504. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

15days 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, Citation Limited reported that it took an average of 15 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 43% of invoices within 30 days, 54% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 43% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 89% 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 11 days, so it is 4 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Dec 2020 20 Jun 2021 15 Dec 2021 17 Jun 2022 26 Dec 2022 0 Jun 2023 15 Dec 2023 13 Jun 2024 18 Dec 2024 11 Jun 2025 13 Dec 2025 15 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 15 43%54%3%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 13 26%71%3%50% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 11 79%19%2%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 18 78%20%2%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 13 63%27%10%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 15 65%30%5%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 0 26%23%51%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 26 64%25%11%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 17 77%16%7%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 15 79%19%2%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 20 76%17%7%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 17 79%15%6%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 22 Jul 2020 28 41%41%18%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 26 Jan 2020 18 82%15%3%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 1 Aug 2019 16 82%15%3%63% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 23 73%21%6%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 26 71%19%10%28% 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.