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Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited

Registered as NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS LIMITED. Company number NI026041. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 22 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, Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 76% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 8% 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 35 days, so it is 3 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 44 Jun 2021 45 Dec 2021 49 Jun 2022 49 Dec 2022 48 Jun 2023 47 Dec 2023 47 Jun 2024 47 Dec 2024 35 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 22 Jul 2026 38 20%76%4%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 39 19%77%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 9 Feb 2026 35 26%71%3%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 12 Feb 2025 47 6%86%8%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 47 4%88%8%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Feb 2024 47 3%89%8%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 48 6%85%9%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 49 5%86%9%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 49 5%86%9%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 45 6%85%9%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 44 5%86%9%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 47 5%86%9%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 46 7%85%8%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 49 5%87%8%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 10 Jul 2019 48 5%87%8%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 51 5%85%10%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 56 4%82%14%47% 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.