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First Response Finance Limited

Registered as FIRST RESPONSE FINANCE LIMITED. Company number 03560611. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

15days 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, First Response Finance Limited reported that it took an average of 15 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 89% 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 14 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 15 Mar 2021 13 Sep 2021 14 Mar 2022 14 Sep 2022 16 Mar 2023 14 Sep 2023 15 Mar 2024 16 Sep 2024 14 Mar 2025 14 Sep 2025 14 Mar 2026 15 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 15 93%6%1%13% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 14 93%6%1%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 14 94%6%0%13% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 14 94%6%0%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 17 Oct 2024 16 94%5%1%16% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 15 94%3%2%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 14 95%4%1%13% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 21 Apr 2023 16 89%8%3%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 24 Oct 2022 14 95%4%1%19% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 14 93%6%1%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 25 Oct 2021 13 94%5%1%16% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 15 93%6%1%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 16 92%4%4%17% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 13 95%4%1%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 11 97%2%1%3% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 12 93%6%1%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 12 95%3%2%16% 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.