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SGL Carbon Fibers Limited

Registered as SGL CARBON FIBERS LIMITED. Company number SC078081. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

49days 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, SGL Carbon Fibers Limited reported that it took an average of 49 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 17% of invoices within 30 days, 62% in 31 to 60 days and 21% after more than 60 days. It said 74% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 17% 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 57 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 45 Dec 2020 48 Jun 2021 45 Dec 2021 49 Jun 2022 50 Dec 2022 53 Jun 2023 52 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 53 Dec 2024 57 Jun 2025 53 Dec 2025 49 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 49 17%62%21%74% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 53 13%70%17%80% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 57 11%67%22%78% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 11 Jun 2025 53 12%69%19%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 10 Jul 2024 51 12%66%22%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 52 12%65%24%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 4 Aug 2023 53 11%62%27%79% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 14 Feb 2023 50 23%57%20%80% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 14 Jul 2022 49 10%75%15%83% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 45 14%66%20%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 20 Jul 2021 48 13%73%14%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 45 21%64%15%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 12 Aug 2020 44 29%54%17%59% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 45 31%53%16%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 41 33%52%15%61% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 11 Feb 2019 47 28%58%14%65% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 43 30%54%16%60% 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.