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Arriva Rail London Limited

Registered as ARRIVA RAIL LONDON LIMITED. Company number 04165861. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 11 May 2026.

33days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Arriva Rail London Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 82% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 22 days, so it is 11 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Sep 2020 24 Mar 2021 25 Sep 2021 23 Mar 2022 24 Sep 2022 25 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 26 Mar 2024 23 Sep 2024 22 Mar 2025 36 Sep 2025 33 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 11 May 2026 33 82%12%6%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 36 74%21%5%13% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 8 May 2025 22 87%12%1%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 23 86%12%2%28% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 3 May 2024 26 87%10%3%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 27 84%11%5%26% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 25 86%10%4%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 24 86%9%5%23% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 23 87%9%3%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 25 87%8%5%21% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 24 91%6%3%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 23 Oct 2020 27 85%8%7%24% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 30 87%7%6%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 32 80%11%8%32% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 35 73%16%11%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 32 72%19%9%46% 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.