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W & J Linney Limited

Registered as W & J LINNEY LIMITED. Company number 00137552. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 19 May 2026.

53days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, W & J Linney Limited reported that it took an average of 53 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 19% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 45% after more than 60 days. It said 79% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 13% 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 45 days, so it is 8 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 58 Oct 2020 54 Apr 2021 52 Oct 2021 56 Apr 2022 55 Oct 2022 51 Apr 2023 52 Oct 2023 49 Apr 2024 47 Oct 2024 45 Apr 2025 52 Oct 2025 53 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 19 May 2026 53 19%36%45%79% Report
May to Oct 2025 28 Nov 2025 52 20%36%44%80% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 15 May 2025 45 30%35%35%80% Report
May to Oct 2024 27 Nov 2024 47 25%37%38%71% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 24 May 2024 49 26%34%40%85% Report
May to Oct 2023 24 Nov 2023 52 21%35%44%86% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 19 May 2023 51 23%32%45%87% Report
May to Oct 2022 22 Nov 2022 55 22%33%45%86% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 30 May 2022 56 20%31%49%78% Report
May to Oct 2021 23 Nov 2021 52 22%29%49%74% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 20 May 2021 54 18%42%40%65% Report
May to Oct 2020 26 Nov 2020 58 19%29%52%75% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 22 May 2020 57 22%27%51%79% Report
May to Oct 2019 28 Nov 2019 56 26%25%49%76% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 24 May 2019 52 29%25%46%79% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 29 Nov 2018 54 25%28%47%80% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 59 20%30%50%82% Report
May to Oct 2017 30 Nov 2017 67 11%30%59%92% 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.