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City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Limited

Registered as CITY HOSPITALS INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED. Company number 08808703. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 1 November 2026.

31days 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, City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% 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 32 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 46 Mar 2020 28 Sep 2020 19 Mar 2021 38 Sep 2022 52 Mar 2023 43 Sep 2023 40 Mar 2024 51 Sep 2024 47 Mar 2025 32 Sep 2025 31 Mar 2026 31 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 1 Nov 2026 31 90%4%6%10% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Jul 2026 31 88%5%7%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 24 Jul 2026 32 85%7%8%15% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 12 Jun 2026 47 65%18%17%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 12 Jun 2026 51 74%11%15%26% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 22 May 2026 40 75%11%14%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 22 May 2026 43 70%14%16%30% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 52 18%70%12%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 8 Feb 2023 38 72%15%13%12% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 19 86%7%7%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 3 Nov 2020 28 81%7%12%33% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 1 May 2020 46 66%15%19%57% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 24 Oct 2019 48 58%21%21%68% 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.