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Babcock Communications Limited

Registered as BABCOCK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED. Company number 03196204. 8 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2022, filed 29 April 2022.

19days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, Babcock Communications Limited reported that it took an average of 19 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2021, the average was 25 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Sep 2018 42 Mar 2019 30 Sep 2019 25 Mar 2020 34 Sep 2020 25 Mar 2021 21 Sep 2021 19 Mar 2022

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
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 19 81%18%2%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 21 77%21%2%13% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 25 73%20%6%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 34 66%22%11%31% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 25 76%19%5%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 30 72%21%7%28% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 42 58%28%14%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 42 60%24%15%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.