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Aspire Defence Limited

Registered as ASPIRE DEFENCE LIMITED. Company number 05572542. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

24days 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, Aspire Defence Limited reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 18% of invoices within 30 days, 82% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 June 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2020 21 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 24 Jun 2022 24 Dec 2022 25 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 22 Jun 2024 22 Dec 2024 24 Jun 2025 29 Dec 2025 24 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 16 Jul 2026 24 18%82%0%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 12 Jan 2026 29 73%22%5%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 7 Jul 2025 24 80%19%1%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 7 Jan 2025 22 80%18%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 8 Jul 2024 22 81%16%3%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 4 Jan 2024 25 92%6%2%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 11 Jul 2023 25 75%21%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 10 Jan 2023 24 76%21%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 7 Jul 2022 24 92%7%1%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 4 Jan 2022 23 95%4%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 6 Jul 2021 21 98%1%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 7 Jan 2021 22 85%15%0%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 6 Jul 2020 21 96%3%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 16 Jan 2020 24 75%24%1%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 9 Jul 2019 21 80%19%1%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 7 Jan 2019 20 85%14%1%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 11 Jul 2018 20 82%17%1%32% 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.