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Northern Ireland Water Limited

Registered as NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED. Company number NI054463. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 25 May 2026.

14days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Northern Ireland Water Limited reported that it took an average of 14 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 90% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 14 Sep 2019 13 Mar 2020 15 Sep 2020 14 Mar 2021 14 Sep 2021 14 Mar 2022 14 Sep 2022 14 Mar 2023 13 Sep 2023 13 Mar 2024 13 Sep 2024 14 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 25 May 2026 14 93%5%2%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 13 94%4%2%6% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 13 94%4%2%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 13 94%4%2%6% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 14 93%5%2%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 14 93%5%2%7% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 14 94%4%2%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 14 94%4%2%6% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 14 94%4%2%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 15 94%4%2%6% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 13 94%4%2%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 14 94%4%2%6% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 18 Apr 2019 15 92%5%3%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 15 92%5%3%8% 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.