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Amey Defence Services Limited

Registered as AMEY DEFENCE SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 05428762. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

9days 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, Amey Defence Services Limited reported that it took an average of 9 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 3% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 22% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 96% 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 13 days, so it is 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Dec 2020 33 Jun 2021 34 Dec 2021 65 Jun 2022 100 Dec 2022 19 Jun 2023 20 Dec 2023 18 Jun 2024 5 Dec 2024 13 Jun 2025 11 Dec 2025 9 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 30 Jul 2026 9 97%3%0%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 11 92%7%1%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 13 86%13%1%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 5 97%3%0%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 18 84%14%2%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 20 70%30%0%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 19 81%18%1%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 100 35%26%39%67% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 65 67%17%16%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 34 87%8%5%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 33 88%8%4%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 32 88%9%3%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 30 86%9%5%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 20 88%8%4%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 35 66%21%13%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 47 43%35%22%27% 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.