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Fortel Services Limited

Registered as FORTEL SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 03559714. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 29 April 2026.

53days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Fortel Services Limited reported that it took an average of 53 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 14% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 28% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 13% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 68 days, so it is 15 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Sep 2020 44 Mar 2021 38 Sep 2021 45 Mar 2022 43 Sep 2022 43 Mar 2023 43 Sep 2023 45 Mar 2024 43 Sep 2024 68 Mar 2025 57 Sep 2025 53 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 53 14%58%28%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 10 Oct 2025 57 13%52%35%28% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 22 Apr 2025 68 8%54%38%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 13 Jan 2025 43 27%46%27%11% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 45 14%55%30%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 43 12%54%34%14% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 43 11%60%29%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 43 10%62%28%14% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 2 May 2022 45 10%51%39%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 10 Nov 2021 38 9%59%32%31% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 44 25%48%27%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 41 31%43%26%86% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 44 29%38%33%45% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 44 29%36%35%34% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 41 28%44%28%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 55 36%41%23%23% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Apr 2018 55 13%52%35%13% 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.