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Hitachi Rail Limited

Registered as HITACHI RAIL LIMITED. Company number 05598549. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

37days 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, Hitachi Rail Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 55% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 14% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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 78 days, so it is 41 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

30 101 Mar 2021 92 Sep 2021 73 Mar 2022 64 Sep 2022 73 Mar 2023 74 Sep 2023 82 Mar 2024 62 Sep 2024 59 Mar 2025 78 Sep 2025 70 Mar 2026 37 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 27 Oct 2026 37 55%31%14%28% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 70 30%39%31%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 78 33%34%33%20% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 25 Apr 2025 59 26%34%40%36% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 62 24%38%38%44% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 82 21%35%44%45% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 23 Oct 2023 74 18%40%42%40% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 73 21%36%43%45% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 25 Oct 2022 64 30%39%31%19% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 73 30%39%31%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 21 Oct 2021 92 24%34%42%22% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 15 Apr 2021 101 20%32%48%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 16 Oct 2020 130 20%29%51%20% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 22 Apr 2020 127 25%25%50%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 149 15%27%58%30% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Apr 2019 114 24%30%46%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 93 25%32%43%42% 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.