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Biffa Municipal Limited

Registered as BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED. Company number 04321212. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

48days 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, Biffa Municipal Limited reported that it took an average of 48 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 58% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 18% 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 39 days, so it is 9 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Mar 2021 38 Sep 2021 39 Mar 2022 41 Sep 2022 40 Mar 2023 41 Sep 2023 41 Mar 2024 42 Sep 2024 42 Mar 2025 39 Sep 2025 45 Mar 2026 48 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 29 Oct 2026 48 58%33%9%16% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 45 42%38%20%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 3 Nov 2025 39 32%50%18%4% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 42 32%48%20%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 21 Oct 2024 42 30%49%21%10% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 41 34%45%21%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 41 31%45%24%13% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 2 May 2023 40 33%44%23%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 41 32%46%22%14% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 39 37%45%18%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 38 38%44%18%14% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 43 29%45%26%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 47 23%47%30%32% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 22 Apr 2020 53 19%44%37%50% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 22 Oct 2019 27 74%18%8%23% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 10 May 2019 36 62%26%12%37% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 32 71%24%5%28% 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.