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First Transpennine Express Limited

Registered as FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED. Company number 09111801. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2025, filed 28 April 2025.

45days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025, First Transpennine Express Limited reported that it took an average of 45 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 61% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 43% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2024, the average was 72 days, so it is 27 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Sep 2019 32 Mar 2020 34 Sep 2020 34 Mar 2021 31 Sep 2021 29 Mar 2022 34 Sep 2022 36 Mar 2023 35 Sep 2023 72 Mar 2024 88 Sep 2024 45 Mar 2025

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
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 45 61%16%23%43% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 88 25%18%57%62% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Apr 2024 72 39%18%43%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 13 Oct 2023 35 63%24%13%21% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 21 Apr 2023 36 59%24%17%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 34 67%24%9%21% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 29 68%23%9%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 31 68%24%8%17% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 34 65%26%9%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 34 65%22%13%18% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 32 64%25%11%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 33 68%22%10%22% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 32 65%25%10%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 136 47%19%34%29% 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.