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China Telecom (Europe) Limited

Registered as CHINA TELECOM (EUROPE) LIMITED. Company number 05728497. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

41days 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, China Telecom (Europe) Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 50% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 18% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% 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 48 days, so it is 7 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 38 Jun 2021 42 Dec 2021 45 Jun 2022 49 Dec 2022 46 Jun 2023 50 Dec 2023 49 Jun 2024 56 Dec 2024 48 Jun 2025 48 Dec 2025 41 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 41 50%32%18%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 48 51%28%21%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 48 42%40%18%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 56 44%29%27%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 49 46%30%24%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 50 46%27%27%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 46 52%22%26%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 49 51%26%23%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 45 42%39%19%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 42 40%41%19%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 31 Jul 2021 38 49%33%18%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 31 Jan 2021 47 57%28%15%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 55 48%29%22%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 55 46%25%29%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 47 45%30%25%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 22 58%26%16%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 16 70%24%6%33% 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.