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United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Limited

Registered as UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED. Company number 03857752. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 2 November 2026.

9days 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, United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Limited reported that it took an average of 9 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 94% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 96% 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 10 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 7 Mar 2021 8 Sep 2021 7 Mar 2022 7 Sep 2022 7 Mar 2023 9 Sep 2023 9 Mar 2024 8 Sep 2024 8 Mar 2025 10 Sep 2025 12 Mar 2026 9 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 2 Nov 2026 9 94%6%0%6% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 12 93%7%0%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 10 99%1%0%1% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 2 May 2025 8 99%1%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 8 99%1%0%3% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 9 99%1%0%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 9 99%1%0%2% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 17 May 2023 7 100%0%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 7 99%1%0%2% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 7 99%1%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 15 Oct 2021 8 99%1%0%4% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 7 99%0%1%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 20 Oct 2020 8 99%1%0%5% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 7 98%1%1%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 17 Oct 2019 9 98%1%1%4% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 10 98%1%1%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 10 98%1%1%7% 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.