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Short Brothers PLC

Registered as SHORT BROTHERS PLC. Company number NI001062. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

55days 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, Short Brothers PLC reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 28% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 36% after more than 60 days. It said 92% 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 67 days, so it is 12 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 76 Jun 2020 67 Dec 2020 58 Jun 2021 52 Dec 2021 62 Jun 2022 47 Jun 2023 61 Dec 2023 63 Jun 2024 60 Dec 2024 67 Jun 2025 62 Dec 2025 55 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 29 Jul 2026 55 28%36%36%92% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 62 17%34%49%84% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 67 16%26%58%87% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 60 19%38%43%85% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 63 18%30%52%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 24 Jan 2024 61 19%34%47%88% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 47 27%47%26%88% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 3 Aug 2022 62 14%36%50%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 2 Feb 2023 52 21%44%35%87% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 58 23%30%47%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 67 29%21%50%85% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 76 17%14%69%98% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 56 18%47%35%86% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 63 15%45%40%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 25 Jan 2019 44 29%54%17%91% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 55 15%45%40%88% 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.