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National Veterinary Services Limited

Registered as NATIONAL VETERINARY SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 08489997. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 29 May 2026.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, National Veterinary Services Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 27% of invoices within 30 days, 64% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 19% 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 April 2025, the average was 56 days, so it is 16 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 63 Oct 2020 50 Apr 2021 59 Oct 2021 47 Apr 2022 57 Oct 2022 67 Apr 2023 71 Oct 2023 55 Apr 2024 55 Oct 2024 56 Apr 2025 39 Oct 2025 40 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 29 May 2026 40 27%64%9%19% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 39 26%66%8%14% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 20 May 2025 56 43%57%0%8% Report
May to Oct 2024 13 Nov 2024 55 39%61%0%3% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 31 May 2024 55 39%61%0%8% Report
May to Oct 2023 24 Nov 2023 71 41%58%1%9% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 30 May 2023 67 43%57%0%12% Report
May to Oct 2022 24 Nov 2022 57 43%57%0%12% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 47 47%53%0%11% Report
May to Oct 2021 29 Nov 2021 59 47%53%0%14% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 25 Nov 2021 50 53%47%0%14% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 63 59%41%0%9% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 1 Jun 2020 42 63%37%0%16% Report
May to Oct 2019 26 Nov 2019 55 62%38%0%16% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 49 63%37%0%12% Report
May to Oct 2018 28 Nov 2018 46 57%43%0%3% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 39 60%40%0%5% Report
May to Oct 2017 15 Dec 2017 35 64%36%0%13% 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.