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GB Railfreight Limited

Registered as GB RAILFREIGHT LIMITED. Company number 03707899. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 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, GB Railfreight Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 27% of invoices within 30 days, 53% in 31 to 60 days and 20% after more than 60 days. It said 38% 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 39 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Dec 2020 38 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 44 Jun 2022 43 Dec 2022 43 Jun 2023 37 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 33 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 44 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 30 Jul 2026 44 27%53%20%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 44 30%51%19%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 39 33%60%7%94% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 14 Jan 2025 33 38%57%5%96% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 15 Jul 2024 34 35%60%5%96% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 18 Jan 2024 37 32%58%10%96% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 43 24%58%18%96% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 13 Jan 2023 43 28%60%12%96% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 18 Jul 2022 44 32%56%12%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 12 Jan 2022 39 31%58%11%95% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 15 Jul 2021 38 30%63%7%95% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 21 Jan 2021 32 45%46%9%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 41 32%56%12%95% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 22 Jan 2020 38 35%55%10%96% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 23 Jul 2019 32 42%46%12%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 16 Jan 2019 49 39%46%15%64% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 41 29%59%13%5% 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.