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CQS (UK) LLP

Company number OC307419. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

18days 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, CQS (UK) LLP reported that it took an average of 18 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 86% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 84% 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 16 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Mar 2021 20 Sep 2021 18 Mar 2022 17 Sep 2022 17 Mar 2023 14 Sep 2023 16 Mar 2024 12 Sep 2024 14 Mar 2025 16 Sep 2025 16 Mar 2026 18 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 15 Oct 2026 18 86%10%4%14% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 16 89%8%3%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 16 Oct 2025 16 89%7%4%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 May 2025 14 89%7%4%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 21 Oct 2024 12 93%5%2%5% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 16 90%6%4%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 14 91%5%4%6% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 17 87%9%4%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 17 88%8%4%12% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 21 Apr 2022 18 85%11%4%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 20 84%11%5%14% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 17 87%9%4%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 15 Oct 2020 11 96%4%0%5% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 16 88%9%3%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 17 85%10%5%14% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 9 Apr 2019 16 87%9%4%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 17 Oct 2018 18 86%10%4%13% 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.