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L&Q New Homes Limited

Registered as L&Q NEW HOMES LIMITED. Company number 04828168. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

27days 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, L&Q New Homes Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 77% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 76 days, so it is 49 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 84 Sep 2020 71 Mar 2021 121 Sep 2021 74 Mar 2022 71 Sep 2022 64 Mar 2023 53 Mar 2024 125 Sep 2024 75 Mar 2025 76 Sep 2025 24 Mar 2026 27 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 28 Oct 2026 27 77%19%4%40% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 24 68%32%0%84% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 76 45%16%39%82% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 75 47%17%36%56% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 25 Oct 2024 125 31%35%35%66% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 53 48%29%23%54% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 396 7%36%57%90% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 64 66%11%23%68% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 71 23%26%51%61% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 74 48%25%27%61% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 121 32%14%53%61% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 71 40%8%52%84% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 84 23%27%50%90% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 88 24%34%42%96% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 52 40%35%25%93% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Apr 2019 52 58%25%17%67% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 47 57%23%20%65% 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.