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Explore 2050 Engineering Limited

Registered as EXPLORE 2050 ENGINEERING LIMITED. Company number 05117890. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 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, Explore 2050 Engineering Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 72% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 14% 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. 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 at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Mar 2021 35 Sep 2021 40 Mar 2022 36 Sep 2022 26 Mar 2023 25 Sep 2023 26 Mar 2024 29 Sep 2024 23 Mar 2025 27 Sep 2025 27 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 30 Oct 2026 27 72%24%4%14% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 27 63%34%3%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 14 Nov 2025 27 77%19%4%22% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 23 81%14%5%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 29 76%11%13%17% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 26 78%10%12%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 25 79%11%10%12% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 29 Apr 2023 26 77%9%14%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 36 55%22%23%17% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 3 May 2022 40 48%29%23%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 35 58%24%18%25% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 38 50%30%20%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 42 42%31%27%10% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 26 Apr 2020 37 55%22%23%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 43 42%25%33%12% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 60 11%34%55%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 28 Oct 2018 61 8%33%59%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.