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The Boots Company PLC

Registered as THE BOOTS COMPANY PLC. Company number 00027657. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

88days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, The Boots Company PLC reported that it took an average of 88 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 5% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 68% after more than 60 days. It said 36% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 110 days, so it is 22 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 60 Aug 2018 53 Aug 2019 135 Feb 2022 28 Aug 2022 33 Feb 2023 0 Aug 2023 98 Feb 2024 76 Aug 2024 90 Feb 2025 110 Aug 2025 88 Feb 2026 88 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 88 5%27%68%36% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 May 2026 88 0%23%77%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 110 0%15%85%21% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 12 Aug 2025 90 3%21%76%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 11 Aug 2025 76 3%36%61%32% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 16 Aug 2024 98 0%11%89%62% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Feb 2024 0 0%0%0%0% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 15 Aug 2023 33 0%100%0%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 21 Apr 2023 28 100%0%0%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 21 Apr 2023 135 0%0%100%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 21 Apr 2023 n/an/an/an/a Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 21 Apr 2023 n/an/an/an/a Report
Mar to Aug 2020 13 Oct 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Mar to Aug 2019 22 Nov 2019 53 50%38%12%14% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 8 Apr 2019 373 0%0%100%0% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 30 Sep 2018 60 7%79%14%33% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 30 Sep 2018 68 1%13%86%13% 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.