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The Francis Crick Institute Limited

Registered as THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED. Company number 06885462. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 7 October 2026.

25days 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, The Francis Crick Institute Limited reported that it took an average of 25 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 98% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 66% 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 September 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 20 Mar 2021 29 Sep 2021 29 Mar 2022 26 Sep 2022 27 Mar 2023 30 Sep 2023 24 Mar 2024 26 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 25 Mar 2026 25 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 7 Oct 2026 25 98%2%0%2% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 8 May 2026 25 97%2%1%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 25 97%2%1%1% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 8 Apr 2025 26 95%3%2%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 22 Oct 2024 26 96%3%1%5% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 24 97%2%1%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 30 92%4%4%6% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 27 92%4%4%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 20 Oct 2022 26 92%4%4%8% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 29 87%7%6%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 29 83%10%7%30% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 20 80%14%5%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 30 75%13%13%15% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 24 82%12%6%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 29 76%14%10%14% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 26 81%14%5%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 29 79%14%7%12% 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.