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Lubricants UK Limited

Registered as LUBRICANTS UK LIMITED. Company number 00097216. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

29days 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, Lubricants UK Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 45% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 24% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% 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 35 days, so it is 6 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Dec 2020 53 Jun 2021 53 Dec 2021 53 Jun 2022 51 Dec 2022 60 Jun 2023 59 Dec 2023 60 Jun 2024 55 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 33 Dec 2025 29 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 28 Jul 2026 29 54%45%1%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 33 54%45%1%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 35 48%50%2%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 55 25%55%20%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 60 24%52%24%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 59 23%52%24%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 60 19%52%28%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 51 26%65%9%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 53 30%59%11%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 53 21%72%7%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 53 21%74%5%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 55 5%57%38%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 52 7%56%37%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 52 4%61%34%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 50 5%63%32%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 50 4%67%29%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 49 5%65%30%36% 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.