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G4S Government and Outsourcing Services (UK) Limited

Registered as G4S GOVERNMENT AND OUTSOURCING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED. Company number 03175173. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

50days 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, G4S Government and Outsourcing Services (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 50 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 41% of invoices within 30 days, 43% in 31 to 60 days and 16% after more than 60 days. It said 30% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 16% 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 41 days, so it is 9 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Dec 2020 20 Jun 2021 8 Dec 2021 11 Jun 2022 26 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 31 Dec 2023 39 Jun 2024 51 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 37 Dec 2025 50 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 21 Jul 2026 50 41%43%16%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 37 49%42%9%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 41 34%47%19%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 17 Jan 2025 51 7%42%51%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 39 47%44%9%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 22 Jan 2024 31 62%33%5%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 26 66%33%1%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 19 Jan 2023 26 66%32%2%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 18 Jul 2022 11 81%16%3%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 8 99%0%1%47% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 22 Jul 2021 20 93%6%1%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 22 Jan 2021 21 97%2%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 16 95%5%0%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 20 Jan 2020 23 82%16%2%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 23 Jul 2019 21 89%11%0%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Jan 2019 30 74%18%8%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 53 56%20%24%42% 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.