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Volkerrail Specialist Businesses Limited

Registered as VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED. Company number 04197945. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

28days 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, Volkerrail Specialist Businesses Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 62% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% 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 29 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Dec 2020 29 Jun 2021 24 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 28 Dec 2022 27 Jun 2023 29 Dec 2023 27 Jun 2024 29 Dec 2024 29 Jun 2025 27 Dec 2025 28 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 28 62%37%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 23 Jan 2026 27 68%31%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 29 61%38%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 29 57%42%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 27 69%30%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 29 61%38%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 27 65%34%1%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 9 Jan 2023 28 59%41%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 26 66%34%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 29 Jan 2022 24 70%30%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 13 Jul 2021 29 54%45%1%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 30 56%43%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 14 Jul 2020 30 53%45%2%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 21 Jan 2020 31 49%48%3%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 41 29%56%15%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 44 23%59%18%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 47 17%63%20%13% 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.