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Babcock Aerospace Limited

Registered as BABCOCK AEROSPACE LIMITED. Company number 03887962. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

37days 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, Babcock Aerospace Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 46% 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 35% 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 42 days, so it is 5 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 24 Mar 2021 32 Sep 2021 32 Mar 2022 41 Sep 2022 34 Mar 2023 36 Sep 2023 29 Mar 2024 29 Sep 2024 31 Mar 2025 42 Sep 2025 43 Mar 2026 37 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 37 53%46%1%13% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 43 54%41%5%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 42 58%37%5%18% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 31 59%40%1%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 29 58%41%1%21% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 29 60%38%2%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 36 57%40%3%20% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 34 57%37%6%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 41 49%43%8%39% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 12 May 2022 32 65%28%7%64% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 32 70%24%6%54% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 4 May 2021 24 83%15%3%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 22 83%15%2%56% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 26 76%15%9%56% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 16 Oct 2019 20 80%18%2%56% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 21 80%17%3%49% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 20 85%13%2%54% 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.