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Northern Powergrid Metering Limited

Registered as NORTHERN POWERGRID METERING LIMITED. Company number 07647856. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Northern Powergrid Metering Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 70% of invoices within 30 days, 26% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 29% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 14 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 10%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 34 Dec 2021 32 Jun 2022 33 Dec 2022 35 Jun 2023 33 Dec 2023 30 Jun 2024 30 Dec 2024 26 Jun 2025 26 Dec 2025 40 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 27 Jul 2026 40 70%26%4%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 21 Jan 2026 26 67%32%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 21 Jul 2025 26 69%29%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 16 Jan 2025 30 54%44%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 30 53%45%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 33 46%52%2%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 17 Jul 2023 35 40%58%2%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 33 52%41%7%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 32 59%33%8%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 34 41%58%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 30 49%49%2%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 30 56%38%6%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 34 47%46%7%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 27 68%27%5%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 26 73%20%7%16% 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.