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British Business Bank PLC

Registered as BRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC. Company number 08616013. 11 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, British Business Bank PLC reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 75% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 8 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 16 Sep 2021 20 Mar 2022 10 Sep 2022 26 Mar 2023 28 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 25 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 26 Sep 2025 26 Mar 2026 34 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 34 75%17%8%26% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 26 83%13%4%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 26 81%15%4%17% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 26 86%9%5%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 11 Nov 2024 25 82%12%6%18% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 28 80%11%9%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Nov 2023 28 79%14%7%21% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 26 83%11%6%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 10 96%3%1%3% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 20 87%10%3%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 16 90%8%2%10% 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.