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Meridian Trust

Registered as MERIDIAN TRUST. Company number 07552498. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 2 September 2026.

28days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Meridian Trust reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 65% of invoices within 30 days, 34% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 36% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 24 days, so it is 4 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Feb 2021 36 Aug 2021 38 Feb 2022 23 Aug 2022 24 Jan 2023 24 Aug 2023 25 Feb 2024 24 Aug 2024 25 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 37 Feb 2026 28 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 2 Sep 2026 28 65%34%1%36% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 4 Mar 2026 37 40%57%3%34% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 8 Sep 2025 24 75%24%1%27% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 11 Mar 2025 25 73%26%1%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 25 Sep 2024 24 75%24%1%27% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 11 Mar 2024 25 77%21%2%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 11 Mar 2024 24 74%25%1%0% Report
Sep 2022 to Jan 2023 11 Sep 2023 24 78%21%1%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 14 Mar 2023 23 75%23%1%1% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 14 Mar 2022 38 40%55%5%60% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 13 Sep 2021 36 45%53%2%57% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 5 Mar 2021 22 81%17%2%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 22 Sep 2020 22 80%18%2%28% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 26 Mar 2020 33 52%42%6%54% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 1 Oct 2019 32 54%42%4%52% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 26 Apr 2019 34 50%44%6%56% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 27 Sep 2018 31 57%38%5%50% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 27 Mar 2018 37 46%42%12%60% 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.