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West Midlands Trains Limited

Registered as WEST MIDLANDS TRAINS LIMITED. Company number 09860466. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

60days 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, West Midlands Trains Limited reported that it took an average of 60 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 42% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 43% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 8% 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 28 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Mar 2021 38 Sep 2021 35 Mar 2022 36 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 37 Sep 2023 39 Mar 2024 34 Sep 2024 32 Mar 2025 32 Sep 2025 35 Mar 2026 60 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 60 42%15%43%10% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 35 48%47%5%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 32 49%50%1%8% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 32 53%45%2%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 34 48%51%1%7% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 39 41%52%7%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 23 Oct 2023 37 54%41%5%12% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 37 49%46%5%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 36 52%43%5%11% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 35 57%38%5%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 38 55%35%9%14% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 48 27%61%12%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 49 25%62%13%31% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 46 32%55%13%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 22 67%32%1%9% 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.