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Govia Thameslink Railway Limited

Registered as GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY LIMITED. Company number 07934306. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2023, filed 23 January 2024.

29days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 2 July 2023 to 31 December 2023, Govia Thameslink Railway Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2022, the average was 33 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Jun 2018 36 Dec 2018 32 Jun 2019 30 Dec 2019 30 Jun 2020 29 Jan 2021 29 Jul 2021 29 Jan 2022 30 Jul 2022 33 Dec 2022 29 Jul 2023 29 Dec 2023

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
Jul to Dec 2023 23 Jan 2024 29 84%14%2%4% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 21 Jul 2023 29 85%14%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 33 74%22%4%8% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 28 Jul 2022 30 88%10%2%5% Report
Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 25 Jan 2022 29 85%14%1%4% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 23 Jul 2021 29 85%13%2%5% Report
Jun 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Jan 2021 29 86%12%2%6% Report
Dec 2019 to Jun 2020 17 Jul 2020 30 83%15%2%15% Report
Jun to Dec 2019 17 Jan 2020 30 83%14%3%7% Report
Dec 2018 to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 32 71%25%4%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 25 Jan 2019 36 57%36%7%16% Report
Dec 2017 to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 35 62%32%6%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 26 Jan 2018 35 58%37%5%11% 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.