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Optos Public Limited Company

Registered as OPTOS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. Company number SC139953. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 26 October 2026.

61days 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, Optos Public Limited Company reported that it took an average of 61 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 29% of invoices within 30 days, 42% in 31 to 60 days and 29% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 7% 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 38 days, so it is 23 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Mar 2021 40 Sep 2021 38 Mar 2022 37 Sep 2022 49 Mar 2023 37 Sep 2023 43 Mar 2024 42 Sep 2024 42 Mar 2025 38 Sep 2025 47 Mar 2026 61 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 26 Oct 2026 61 29%42%29%1% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 12 May 2026 47 37%41%22%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 1 Nov 2025 38 42%46%12%2% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 42 38%46%16%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 42 38%48%14%0% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 43 41%45%15%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Nov 2023 37 40%51%8%1% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 6 May 2023 49 21%52%27%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 37 35%54%11%0% Report
Apr 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 38 34%53%13%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 30 Oct 2021 40 32%56%12%0% Report
Apr 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 49 20%58%22%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 47 21%57%22%0% Report
Apr 2019 to Mar 2020 1 May 2020 39 41%48%11%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 37 48%43%9%0% Report
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 37 53%39%8%0% Report
Apr 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Oct 2018 35 55%41%4%0% 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.