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Ciena Limited

Registered as CIENA LIMITED. Company number 03330283. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 2 May 2026, filed 18 June 2026.

60days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 2 November 2025 to 2 May 2026, Ciena Limited reported that it took an average of 60 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 9% of invoices within 30 days, 57% in 31 to 60 days and 34% after more than 60 days. It said 63% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 8% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 3 May 2025, the average was 57 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 59 Oct 2020 58 May 2021 53 Oct 2021 54 Apr 2022 57 Oct 2022 56 Apr 2023 55 Oct 2023 54 Apr 2024 52 Nov 2024 57 May 2025 56 Nov 2025 60 May 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
Nov 2025 to May 2026 18 Jun 2026 60 9%57%34%63% Report
May to Nov 2025 26 Nov 2025 56 13%56%31%62% Report
Nov 2024 to May 2025 1 Jun 2025 57 14%59%27%66% Report
Apr to Nov 2024 19 Dec 2024 52 12%70%18%67% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 22 May 2024 54 11%69%20%78% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 23 Nov 2023 55 14%68%18%58% Report
Oct 2022 to Apr 2023 22 May 2023 56 8%74%18%69% Report
May to Oct 2022 17 Nov 2022 57 6%77%17%59% Report
Oct 2021 to Apr 2022 18 May 2022 54 7%78%15%59% Report
May to Oct 2021 6 Dec 2021 53 8%73%19%56% Report
Nov 2020 to May 2021 20 May 2021 58 7%74%19%67% Report
May to Oct 2020 15 Dec 2020 59 7%74%20%71% Report
Nov 2019 to May 2020 12 Oct 2020 58 8%74%19%62% Report
May to Nov 2019 8 Sep 2020 55 7%72%21%64% Report
Nov 2018 to May 2019 8 Sep 2020 56 8%77%15%68% Report
Apr to Nov 2018 8 Sep 2020 54 7%78%15%69% Report
Oct 2017 to Apr 2018 8 Sep 2020 54 10%79%11%74% 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.