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Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd

Registered as AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE LTD. Company number 03245223. 19 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 25 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

68days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 28 March 2026 to 25 September 2026, Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd reported that it took an average of 68 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 19% of invoices within 30 days, 25% in 31 to 60 days and 56% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 26 September 2025, the average was 65 days, so it is 3 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Mar 2021 44 Sep 2021 41 Mar 2022 39 Sep 2022 43 Mar 2023 46 Sep 2023 48 Mar 2024 43 Sep 2024 41 Mar 2025 65 Sep 2025 64 Mar 2026 68 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
Mar to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 68 19%25%56%13% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 21 Apr 2026 64 20%24%56%21% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 17 Oct 2025 65 18%24%58%18% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 16 Apr 2025 41 43%27%30%16% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 23 Oct 2024 43 40%26%34%14% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 19 Apr 2024 48 34%25%41%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 19 Oct 2023 46 35%32%33%12% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 21 Apr 2023 43 39%27%34%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 24 Oct 2022 39 45%30%25%17% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 41 45%26%29%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 20 Oct 2021 44 40%27%33%27% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 47 43%24%33%52% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 56 32%21%47%66% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 5 May 2020 51 38%19%43%49% Report
Jun to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 48 28%38%35%20% Report
Dec 2018 to May 2019 17 Jun 2019 51 24%37%39%18% Report
Jun to Nov 2018 24 Dec 2018 54 25%29%46%18% Report
Dec 2017 to May 2018 2 Jul 2018 55 22%33%46%19% Report
Jun to Nov 2017 2 Jul 2018 62 16%28%56%25% 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.