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Hire Station Limited

Registered as HIRE STATION LIMITED. Company number 03428037. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

55days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Hire Station Limited reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 39% in 31 to 60 days and 21% after more than 60 days. It said 51% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 54 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 66 Mar 2021 63 Sep 2021 67 Mar 2022 61 Sep 2022 62 Mar 2023 58 Sep 2023 59 Mar 2024 58 Sep 2024 60 Mar 2025 54 Sep 2025 45 Mar 2026 55 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 55 40%39%21%51% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 6 May 2026 45 22%42%36%42% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 15 Oct 2025 54 24%37%39%46% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 9 Jul 2025 60 24%34%42%41% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 9 Jul 2025 58 24%34%42%41% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 23 Apr 2024 59 22%35%44%60% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 58 23%35%42%50% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 62 20%35%45%64% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 61 20%36%45%58% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 67 15%33%52%64% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 63 16%35%48%54% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 66 17%35%48%57% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 66 14%36%50%69% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 1 May 2020 67 15%34%51%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 64 15%36%48%66% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 62 14%35%51%62% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 54 23%36%41%50% 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.