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Diamond Light Source Limited

Registered as DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED. Company number 04375679. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 26 October 2026.

28days 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, Diamond Light Source Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 13% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Mar 2021 29 Sep 2021 29 Mar 2022 30 Sep 2022 28 Mar 2023 30 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 27 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 28 Sep 2025 27 Mar 2026 28 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 26 Oct 2026 28 87%10%3%13% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Apr 2026 27 87%11%2%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 28 89%9%2%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 8 Apr 2025 27 90%8%2%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 27 90%9%1%11% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 22 Apr 2024 28 88%9%3%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 16 Oct 2023 30 75%22%3%26% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 28 87%10%3%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 18 Oct 2022 30 86%10%4%15% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 14 Apr 2022 29 84%12%4%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 21 Oct 2021 29 85%10%5%15% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 21 Apr 2021 30 81%13%6%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 32 79%16%6%22% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 11 May 2020 30 82%14%4%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 34 78%15%8%23% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 33 73%21%6%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 32 72%22%6%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.