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Beacon Rail Finance (Europe) Limited

Registered as BEACON RAIL FINANCE (EUROPE) LIMITED. Company number 08488775. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

16days 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, Beacon Rail Finance (Europe) Limited reported that it took an average of 16 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 22% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 88% 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 14 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 14 Dec 2020 11 Jun 2021 11 Dec 2021 14 Jun 2022 16 Dec 2022 16 Jun 2023 23 Dec 2023 15 Jun 2024 16 Dec 2024 14 Jun 2025 14 Dec 2025 16 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 30 Jul 2026 16 97%2%1%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 14 99%1%0%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 14 99%1%0%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 4 Feb 2025 16 94%4%2%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 15 99%1%0%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 23 100%0%0%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 16 95%5%0%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 16 99%1%0%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 14 100%0%0%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 11 99%1%0%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 24 Aug 2021 11 96%4%0%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 14 97%3%0%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 13 96%4%0%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jun 2020 7 94%4%1%51% 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.