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Abcam Limited

Registered as ABCAM LIMITED. Company number 03509322. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

44days 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, Abcam Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 21% of invoices within 30 days, 57% in 31 to 60 days and 22% after more than 60 days. It said 72% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% 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 33 days, so it is 11 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 46 Dec 2020 52 Jun 2021 54 Dec 2021 41 Jun 2022 54 Dec 2022 33 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 48 Jun 2024 77 Dec 2024 33 Jun 2025 47 Dec 2025 44 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 29 Jul 2026 44 21%57%22%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 47 15%62%23%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 2 Jan 2026 33 23%62%15%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 77 31%56%13%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 48 67%25%8%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 33 78%18%4%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 33 61%33%6%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 18 Jan 2023 54 47%28%25%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 41 32%56%12%65% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 24 Jan 2022 54 12%75%13%82% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 16 Jul 2021 52 14%68%18%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 46 33%56%11%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 17 Jul 2020 48 45%37%18%57% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 51 45%34%21%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 38 52%38%10%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Jan 2019 36 76%15%9%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 11 Jul 2018 39 66%22%12%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 22 Jan 2018 38 76%16%8%27% 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.