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Vital Energi Utilities Limited

Registered as VITAL ENERGI UTILITIES LIMITED. Company number 04050190. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

31days 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, Vital Energi Utilities Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 62% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% 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 35 days, so it is 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 40 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 37 Jun 2022 38 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 34 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 31 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 17 Jul 2026 31 62%33%5%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 30 57%38%5%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 35 52%43%5%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 23 Jan 2025 34 55%40%5%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 15 Jul 2024 37 49%46%5%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 36 46%49%5%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 25 Jul 2023 36 47%46%7%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 38 45%45%10%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 37 47%44%9%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 39 43%46%11%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 40 40%48%12%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 47 29%48%23%52% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 52 24%44%32%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 51 28%42%30%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 52 28%44%28%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Jan 2019 51 30%42%28%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 47 34%41%25%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 30 Jan 2018 50 29%41%30%48% 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.