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Nats (EN Route) Public Limited Company

Registered as NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. Company number 04129273. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

27days 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, Nats (EN Route) Public Limited Company reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 28 days, so it is 1 day 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 57 Mar 2021 42 Sep 2021 34 Mar 2022 33 Sep 2022 31 Mar 2023 31 Sep 2023 29 Mar 2024 30 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 28 Sep 2025 27 Mar 2026 27 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 27 Oct 2026 27 92%7%1%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 27 92%7%1%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 28 90%8%2%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 27 90%9%1%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 22 Oct 2024 30 80%18%2%9% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 29 78%21%1%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 31 73%25%2%8% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 31 71%27%2%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 33 68%29%3%11% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 34 65%32%3%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 42 59%28%13%18% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 57 41%27%32%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 64 30%30%40%43% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 37 60%32%8%34% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 21 Oct 2019 35 64%29%7%25% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 23 Apr 2019 36 61%31%8%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 39 43%48%9%57% 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.