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Octopus Investments Limited

Registered as OCTOPUS INVESTMENTS LIMITED. Company number 03942880. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 27 May 2026.

11days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Octopus Investments Limited reported that it took an average of 11 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 94% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 94% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 13 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 21 Oct 2020 19 Apr 2021 15 Oct 2021 15 Apr 2022 13 Oct 2022 13 Apr 2023 14 Oct 2023 13 Apr 2024 15 Oct 2024 13 Apr 2025 12 Oct 2025 11 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 27 May 2026 11 94%5%1%6% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 12 92%6%2%8% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 19 May 2025 13 92%6%2%8% Report
May to Oct 2024 26 Nov 2024 15 88%9%3%12% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 28 May 2024 13 90%7%3%10% Report
May to Oct 2023 30 Nov 2023 14 89%8%3%11% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 31 May 2023 13 90%8%2%10% Report
May to Oct 2022 21 Nov 2022 13 92%6%2%8% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 25 May 2022 15 90%7%3%10% Report
May to Oct 2021 24 Nov 2021 15 88%10%2%12% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 21 May 2021 19 85%11%4%15% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 21 85%10%5%15% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 27 May 2020 25 84%10%6%16% Report
May to Oct 2019 26 Nov 2019 24 81%13%7%20% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 19 83%12%5%17% Report
May to Oct 2018 26 Nov 2018 17 87%10%3%13% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 16 May 2018 16 87%10%3%13% Report
May to Oct 2017 8 Dec 2017 17 88%9%3%12% 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.