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LS Cardinal Limited

Registered as LS CARDINAL LIMITED. Company number 07409594. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

34days 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, LS Cardinal Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 22% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 45 days, so it is 11 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Mar 2021 23 Sep 2021 21 Mar 2022 22 Sep 2022 24 Mar 2023 33 Sep 2023 29 Mar 2024 34 Sep 2024 34 Mar 2025 45 Sep 2025 36 Mar 2026 34 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 34 78%16%6%22% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 36 67%27%6%42% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 45 52%30%18%48% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 1 Feb 2026 34 61%31%8%47% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 1 Feb 2026 34 71%20%9%47% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 29 67%27%6%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 33 72%18%10%9% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 24 86%7%7%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 22 80%19%1%20% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 21 93%6%1%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 21 Oct 2021 23 90%8%2%11% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 23 Apr 2021 25 60%15%25%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 25 66%13%21%13% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 18 83%8%9%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 16 86%10%4%5% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 23 Apr 2019 19 84%10%6%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 9 Oct 2018 20 81%11%8%7% 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.