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First Greater Western Limited

Registered as FIRST GREATER WESTERN LIMITED. Company number 05113733. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

40days 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, First Greater Western Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 55% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 29% 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 41 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 56 Mar 2021 40 Sep 2021 43 Mar 2022 41 Sep 2022 42 Mar 2023 41 Sep 2023 42 Mar 2024 42 Sep 2024 43 Mar 2025 41 Sep 2025 41 Mar 2026 40 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 15 Oct 2026 40 55%36%9%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Apr 2026 41 49%42%9%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 41 50%41%9%7% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 25 Apr 2025 43 48%42%10%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 42 44%47%8%11% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Apr 2024 42 47%44%9%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 19 Oct 2023 41 49%43%8%13% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 21 Apr 2023 42 47%43%10%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 21 Apr 2023 41 47%44%8%15% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 21 Apr 2023 43 47%45%8%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 21 Apr 2023 40 47%46%7%13% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 56 46%44%10%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 47 42%45%13%13% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 44 47%42%11%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 44 47%43%10%12% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 47 45%43%12%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 45 41%47%12%22% 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.