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Northern Gas Networks Operations Limited

Registered as NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS OPERATIONS LIMITED. Company number 03528783. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 21 October 2026.

22days 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, Northern Gas Networks Operations Limited reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Mar 2021 22 Sep 2021 23 Mar 2022 25 Sep 2022 26 Mar 2023 22 Sep 2023 26 Mar 2024 25 Sep 2024 24 Mar 2025 22 Sep 2025 21 Mar 2026 22 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 21 Oct 2026 22 78%21%1%12% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 21 82%17%1%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 22 76%21%3%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 24 82%16%2%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 25 79%19%2%13% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Apr 2024 26 80%18%2%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 19 Oct 2023 22 76%19%5%20% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 20 Apr 2023 26 71%24%5%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 25 Oct 2022 25 77%20%3%22% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 23 79%19%2%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 22 82%16%2%20% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 23 77%17%6%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 19 Oct 2020 25 76%18%6%31% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 23 75%20%5%43% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 24 Oct 2019 23 73%23%4%16% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 28 64%31%5%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 29 66%30%4%17% 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.