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Aspire Defence Services Limited

Registered as ASPIRE DEFENCE SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 04556471. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 7 July 2026.

24days 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, Aspire Defence Services Limited reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 22 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Dec 2020 10 Jun 2021 7 Dec 2021 12 Jun 2022 17 Dec 2022 19 Jun 2023 20 Dec 2023 19 Jun 2024 19 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 23 Dec 2025 24 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 7 Jul 2026 24 93%6%1%0% Report
Jan to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 23 94%5%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 18 Jul 2025 22 87%11%2%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 19 94%5%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Jul 2024 19 95%4%1%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 8 Jan 2024 20 93%6%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 6 Jul 2023 19 93%6%1%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 16 Jan 2023 17 94%4%2%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 12 95%4%1%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 7 97%2%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 20 Jul 2021 10 95%3%2%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 8 Jan 2021 17 89%7%4%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 2 Jul 2020 30 80%12%8%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 6 Jan 2020 29 84%12%3%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 3 Jul 2019 31 84%11%5%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 7 Jan 2019 28 89%8%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 17 Jul 2018 31 83%13%4%1% 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.