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Bank of China (UK) Limited

Registered as BANK OF CHINA (UK) LIMITED. Company number 06193060. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

17days 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, Bank of China (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% 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 16 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Dec 2020 25 Jun 2021 27 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 25 Dec 2022 23 Jun 2023 17 Dec 2023 14 Jun 2024 17 Dec 2024 16 Jun 2025 16 Dec 2025 17 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 29 Jul 2026 17 90%7%3%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 13 Jan 2026 16 93%6%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 22 Jul 2025 16 94%5%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 17 94%5%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 15 Jul 2024 14 97%3%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 17 94%5%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 23 84%15%1%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 25 77%18%5%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 26 76%16%8%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 27 73%19%8%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 25 84%11%5%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 25 84%12%4%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 27 74%21%5%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 20 89%10%1%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 22 79%20%1%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 21 85%14%1%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 24 90%8%2%46% 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.