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Post Office Management Services Limited

Registered as POST OFFICE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 08459718. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 29 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

24days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 30 March 2026 to 29 September 2026, Post Office Management Services Limited reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 98% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 29 September 2025, the average was 18 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Sep 2019 33 Mar 2020 36 Sep 2020 31 Mar 2021 36 Sep 2021 34 Sep 2023 29 Mar 2024 18 Sep 2024 29 Mar 2025 18 Sep 2025 28 Mar 2026 24 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
Mar to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 24 98%2%0%2% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 28 91%6%3%9% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 18 96%2%2%4% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 22 Apr 2025 29 96%2%2%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 18 Oct 2024 18 97%2%1%3% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 23 Apr 2024 29 91%6%3%9% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 12 Oct 2023 34 90%5%5%10% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 19 Oct 2021 36 87%9%4%0% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 31 85%10%5%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 20 Oct 2020 36 79%14%7%1% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 33 91%3%6%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 31 92%5%3%0% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 32 94%3%3%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 14 May 2019 28 92%7%1%0% 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.