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T.J.Smith and Nephew,Limited

Registered as T.J.SMITH AND NEPHEW,LIMITED. Company number 00093994. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 August 2026.

42days 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, T.J.Smith and Nephew,Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 55% of invoices within 30 days, 39% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% 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 39 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Dec 2020 35 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 38 Jun 2022 38 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 38 Dec 2023 41 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 39 Dec 2025 42 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 17 Aug 2026 42 55%39%6%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jun 2026 39 61%36%3%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jun 2026 39 57%40%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 12 Mar 2025 40 58%38%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 5 Aug 2024 41 57%38%5%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Jan 2024 38 60%35%5%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 37 59%38%3%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 38 62%34%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 15 Jul 2022 38 57%39%4%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 35 62%36%2%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 15 Jul 2021 35 59%39%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 43 58%38%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 22 Jul 2020 34 56%38%6%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 43 35%50%15%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 58 5%69%26%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 56 8%66%26%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 20 Jul 2018 54 8%66%27%40% 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.