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British Engineering Services Limited

Registered as BRITISH ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 09299724. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

38days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, British Engineering Services Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 43% of invoices within 30 days, 42% in 31 to 60 days and 15% after more than 60 days. It said 43% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% 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 43 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Dec 2020 31 Jun 2021 33 Dec 2021 36 Jun 2022 32 Dec 2022 40 Jun 2023 53 Dec 2023 46 Jun 2024 36 Dec 2024 43 Jun 2025 39 Dec 2025 38 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 30 Jul 2026 38 43%42%15%43% Report
Jan to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 39 37%46%17%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 43 34%44%22%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 3 Mar 2025 36 37%46%17%52% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 46 32%39%29%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Feb 2024 53 27%46%26%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 40 42%47%11%58% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 15 Feb 2023 32 68%25%7%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 17 Aug 2022 36 67%25%9%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 22 Mar 2022 33 65%26%9%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 31 73%22%5%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 29 72%19%9%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 20 Jul 2020 31 69%23%7%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 24 Jan 2020 31 69%23%8%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 34 64%28%8%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Jan 2019 34 66%26%8%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 20 Jul 2018 47 41%42%17%49% 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.