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Optical Express Limited

Registered as OPTICAL EXPRESS LIMITED. Company number SC161469. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 27 June 2026, filed 24 July 2026.

12days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 28 December 2025 to 27 June 2026, Optical Express Limited reported that it took an average of 12 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 93% 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 10 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 8 Dec 2020 8 Jun 2021 13 Dec 2021 12 Jun 2022 12 Dec 2022 8 Jun 2023 14 Dec 2023 11 Jun 2024 10 Dec 2024 10 Jun 2025 8 Dec 2025 12 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
Dec 2025 to Jun 2026 24 Jul 2026 12 93%5%2%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 8 94%5%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 4 Aug 2025 10 93%6%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 10 91%7%2%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 11 94%4%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 14 91%6%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 8 93%5%2%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 12 95%4%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 12 94%4%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 13 92%5%3%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 15 Jul 2021 8 97%2%1%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 21 Jan 2021 8 94%4%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 6 100%0%0%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 10 96%2%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 11 95%2%3%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 9 96%2%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 1 Aug 2018 7 95%2%3%7% 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.