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Essar Oil (UK) Limited

Registered as ESSAR OIL (UK) LIMITED. Company number 07071400. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

42days 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, Essar Oil (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 41% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% 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 47 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 39 Mar 2021 41 Sep 2021 43 Mar 2022 45 Sep 2022 47 Mar 2023 44 Sep 2023 44 Mar 2024 45 Sep 2024 46 Mar 2025 47 Sep 2025 42 Mar 2026 42 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 29 Oct 2026 42 41%48%11%16% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 42 46%42%12%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 47 36%49%15%23% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 46 32%54%14%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 45 37%52%11%21% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 44 34%50%16%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 44 37%52%11%26% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 47 31%52%18%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 45 32%59%9%19% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 43 48%42%10%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 41 52%37%11%10% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 39 59%33%8%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Apr 2021 35 60%36%4%11% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 6 May 2020 36 64%33%3%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 37 62%36%2%7% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 37 62%36%2%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 37 58%38%4%15% 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.