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Arqiva Smart Metering Limited

Registered as ARQIVA SMART METERING LIMITED. Company number 08682562. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 July 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

26days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 30 June 2026 to 1 July 2026, Arqiva Smart Metering Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 97% of invoices within 30 days, 3% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% 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 25 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 32 Dec 2021 17 Jun 2022 18 Dec 2022 19 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 31 Jun 2024 28 Dec 2024 25 Jun 2025 27 Dec 2025 26 Jul 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
Jun to Jul 2026 28 Jul 2026 26 97%3%0%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 2 Feb 2026 27 95%3%2%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 21 Jul 2025 25 100%0%0%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 13 Jan 2025 28 89%2%9%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 8 Jul 2024 31 91%9%0%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 5 Jan 2024 25 99%1%0%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 19 93%5%2%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 5 Jan 2023 18 92%3%5%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 10 Aug 2022 17 98%2%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 32 73%21%6%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 17 97%2%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 26 88%6%6%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 24 93%6%1%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 4 Mar 2020 31 78%4%18%21% 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.