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Equans Specialist Contracting UK Limited

Registered as EQUANS SPECIALIST CONTRACTING UK LIMITED. Company number SC087174. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

42days 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, Equans Specialist Contracting UK Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 39% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% 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 44 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 41 Dec 2021 41 Jun 2022 42 Dec 2022 41 Jun 2023 42 Dec 2023 42 Jun 2024 46 Dec 2024 44 Jun 2025 43 Dec 2025 42 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 31 Jul 2026 42 39%56%5%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 43 36%61%3%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 44 36%59%5%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 46 33%60%7%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 2 Aug 2024 42 37%59%4%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 42 34%62%5%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 41 38%57%5%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 24 Jan 2023 42 33%62%5%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 22 Jul 2022 41 33%62%5%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 41 37%54%9%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 39 40%54%6%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 22 Jan 2021 41 39%55%6%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 51 35%54%11%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 42 29%60%11%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 42 33%59%8%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 45 31%57%12%32% 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.