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The Lycra Company UK Limited

Registered as THE LYCRA COMPANY UK LIMITED. Company number 10810919. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

54days 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, The Lycra Company UK Limited reported that it took an average of 54 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 24% of invoices within 30 days, 29% in 31 to 60 days and 47% after more than 60 days. It said 73% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% 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 50 days, so it is 4 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 58 Dec 2020 58 Jun 2021 53 Dec 2021 53 Jun 2022 57 Dec 2022 58 Jun 2023 56 Dec 2023 54 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 50 Jun 2025 51 Dec 2025 54 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 21 Jul 2026 54 24%29%47%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 51 24%30%46%73% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 14 Oct 2025 50 23%32%45%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 14 Jan 2025 40 23%33%44%73% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 3 Jul 2024 54 21%32%47%76% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 56 32%35%33%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 58 29%34%36%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 18 Jan 2023 57 26%31%42%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 53 31%35%34%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 24 Jan 2022 53 29%39%33%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 7 Jul 2021 58 31%35%34%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 14 Jan 2021 58 26%40%33%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 22 Jul 2020 58 32%39%29%20% 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.