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First Rate Exchange Services Limited

Registered as FIRST RATE EXCHANGE SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 04287490. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 19 October 2026.

15days 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, First Rate Exchange Services Limited reported that it took an average of 15 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 99% of invoices within 30 days, 1% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 89% 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 13 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 12 Mar 2021 13 Sep 2021 13 Mar 2022 16 Sep 2022 17 Mar 2023 15 Sep 2023 14 Mar 2024 13 Sep 2024 12 Mar 2025 13 Sep 2025 13 Mar 2026 15 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 19 Oct 2026 15 99%1%0%1% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Jun 2026 13 99%0%1%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 3 Nov 2025 13 99%0%1%2% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 1 May 2025 12 99%1%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 13 98%1%1%1% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 14 98%2%0%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 15 98%1%1%3% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 17 98%2%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 25 Oct 2022 16 97%3%0%5% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 13 97%3%0%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 15 Nov 2021 13 98%0%2%7% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 12 98%0%2%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 11 94%4%3%11% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 9 96%2%2%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 10 Oct 2019 9 96%3%1%6% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 7 99%1%0%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 2 Jul 2019 12 93%5%2%4% 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.