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Charles Wells Limited

Registered as CHARLES WELLS LIMITED. Company number 00106884. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

29days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Charles Wells Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 59% of invoices within 30 days, 40% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 38% 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 September 2025, the average was 46 days, so it is 17 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 61 Mar 2021 45 Sep 2021 40 Mar 2022 32 Sep 2022 34 Mar 2023 36 Sep 2023 35 Mar 2024 32 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025 46 Sep 2025 33 Mar 2026 29 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 29 59%40%1%38% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 33 55%40%5%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 46 56%39%5%40% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 30 58%38%4%42% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 32 56%39%5%43% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 35 58%37%5%51% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 3 Nov 2023 36 54%41%5%46% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 34 66%26%8%50% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 32 63%31%6%47% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 40 48%42%11%73% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 45 42%42%16%85% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 61 20%47%33%86% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 68 20%51%30%90% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 20 Sep 2020 45 34%52%14%69% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 46 34%49%17%64% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 43 31%54%15%66% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 2 Nov 2018 46 49%36%15%47% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 23 Apr 2018 38 54%34%12%50% 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.