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Life Technologies Limited

Registered as LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED. Company number SC083107. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 3 August 2026.

24days 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, Life Technologies Limited reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 83% of invoices within 30 days, 7% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 14 days, so it is 10 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 26 Dec 2020 24 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 25 Jun 2022 30 Dec 2022 42 Jun 2023 35 Dec 2023 38 Jun 2024 28 Dec 2024 14 Jun 2025 29 Dec 2025 24 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 3 Aug 2026 24 83%7%10%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 13 Apr 2026 29 85%4%11%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 13 Apr 2026 14 89%5%6%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 28 93%2%5%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 38 43%52%5%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 35 40%55%5%72% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 42 45%48%7%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 30 6%54%40%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 25 52%43%5%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 29 63%34%3%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 24 67%32%1%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 26 63%35%2%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 29 61%37%2%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 27 67%30%3%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 28 68%30%2%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 25 64%34%2%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 17 Jul 2018 27 59%38%3%40% 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.