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The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited

Registered as THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 07438096. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

37days 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 Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 42% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 29% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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 40 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Sep 2020 26 Mar 2021 36 Sep 2021 32 Mar 2022 24 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 46 Sep 2023 35 Sep 2024 24 Mar 2025 40 Sep 2025 38 Mar 2026 37 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 37 42%35%23%29% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 38 47%29%24%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 40 38%35%27%25% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 1 May 2025 24 66%22%12%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 35 65%20%15%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Apr 2024 46 70%15%15%18% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 2 May 2023 37 69%14%17%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 24 74%16%10%25% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 32 72%18%10%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 36 52%34%14%12% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 26 86%5%9%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 31 73%13%13%31% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 22 80%18%2%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 30 55%38%7%32% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 24 Apr 2019 31 49%39%12%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 35 48%38%14%31% 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.