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DS Smith Paper Limited

Registered as DS SMITH PAPER LIMITED. Company number 00058614. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

84days 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, DS Smith Paper Limited reported that it took an average of 84 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 69% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 25% after more than 60 days. It said 3% 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 30 April 2025, the average was 79 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 87 Oct 2020 89 Apr 2021 92 Oct 2021 91 Apr 2022 91 Oct 2022 89 Apr 2023 86 Oct 2023 84 Apr 2024 74 Oct 2024 79 Apr 2025 86 Dec 2025 84 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 29 Jul 2026 84 69%6%25%3% Report
May to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 86 3%20%77%4% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 29 May 2025 79 25%24%51%7% Report
May to Oct 2024 29 Nov 2024 74 12%28%60%5% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 29 May 2024 84 4%18%78%5% Report
May to Oct 2023 28 Nov 2023 86 9%17%74%8% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 89 24%12%64%9% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 91 17%11%71%9% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 91 3%16%81%10% Report
May to Oct 2021 26 Nov 2021 92 16%12%72%9% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 28 May 2021 89 7%16%77%8% Report
May to Oct 2020 27 Nov 2020 87 9%15%76%7% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 28 May 2020 92 4%15%81%10% Report
May to Oct 2019 28 Nov 2019 94 8%12%80%11% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 93 4%16%80%10% Report
May to Oct 2018 28 Nov 2018 92 5%12%83%11% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 31 May 2018 92 4%13%82%15% Report
May to Oct 2017 30 Nov 2017 102 21%28%52%27% 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.