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Close Brothers Vehicle Hire Limited

Registered as CLOSE BROTHERS VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED. Company number 04263175. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 30 August 2026.

43days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Close Brothers Vehicle Hire Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 14% of invoices within 30 days, 81% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 44 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Jan 2021 47 Jul 2021 49 Jan 2022 45 Jul 2022 46 Jan 2023 44 Jul 2023 46 Jan 2024 44 Jul 2024 46 Jan 2025 44 Jul 2025 44 Jan 2026 43 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 30 Aug 2026 43 14%81%5%9% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 2 Mar 2026 44 15%78%7%13% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 29 Aug 2025 44 12%83%5%11% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 28 Feb 2025 46 9%82%9%16% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 29 Aug 2024 44 14%79%7%13% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 27 Feb 2024 46 13%77%10%16% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 29 Aug 2023 44 12%81%7%14% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 28 Feb 2023 46 12%78%10%20% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 26 Aug 2022 45 11%82%7%15% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 2 Mar 2022 49 11%75%16%28% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 26 Aug 2021 47 12%76%12%37% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Feb 2021 49 9%74%17%48% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 28 Aug 2020 47 10%79%11%43% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 27 Feb 2020 46 19%70%11%37% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 29 Aug 2019 43 20%73%7%32% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 28 Feb 2019 41 26%67%7%16% 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.