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Cbes Limited

Registered as CBES LIMITED. Company number SC288763. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

65days 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, Cbes Limited reported that it took an average of 65 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 3% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 41% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 5% 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 52 days, so it is 13 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 2%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Dec 2020 51 Jun 2021 52 Dec 2021 51 Jun 2022 52 Dec 2022 52 Jun 2023 52 Dec 2023 52 Jun 2024 52 Dec 2024 52 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 65 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 65 3%56%41%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 52 10%81%9%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 52 11%81%8%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 16 Jan 2025 52 25%57%18%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 52 25%55%20%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 52 24%52%24%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 52 25%51%24%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 52 26%50%24%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 51 25%47%28%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 52 13%53%34%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 51 18%54%28%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 51 14%55%31%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 52 14%50%36%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 52 14%51%35%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 53 13%51%36%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 53 14%49%37%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 53 13%49%38%22% 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.