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First Grade International Limited

Registered as FIRST GRADE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. Company number 04603605. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 20 July 2026.

22days 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, First Grade International Limited reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 64% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 25 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 36 Dec 2021 35 Jun 2022 35 Dec 2022 35 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 25 Jun 2024 22 Dec 2024 25 Jun 2025 22 Dec 2025 22 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 20 Jul 2026 22 64%31%5%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 20 Jan 2026 22 74%24%2%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 17 Jul 2025 25 81%17%2%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 16 Jan 2025 22 81%18%1%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 15 Jul 2024 25 75%23%2%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 15 Jan 2024 34 40%55%5%78% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 10 Jul 2023 35 40%54%6%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 17 Jan 2023 35 39%55%6%83% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 35 39%56%5%86% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 36 34%60%7%86% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 16 Jul 2021 35 33%65%3%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 18 Jan 2021 35 32%65%3%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 10 Jul 2020 34 36%60%4%82% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 10 Jan 2020 34 37%60%3%80% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Sep 2019 35 33%64%3%77% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 34 37%60%3%79% 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.