30 Fair PaymentHow fast UK companies pay their suppliers
  1. Home
  2. Companies
  3. Lawton Tube Company Limited(the)

Lawton Tube Company Limited(the)

Registered as LAWTON TUBE COMPANY LIMITED(THE). Company number 00165130. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 5 June 2026.

43days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026, Lawton Tube Company Limited(the) reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 47% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% 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 34 days, so it is 9 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Sep 2020 36 Mar 2021 36 Sep 2021 37 Mar 2022 36 Sep 2022 35 Mar 2023 36 Sep 2023 32 Mar 2024 29 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025 34 Sep 2025 43 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
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 5 Jun 2026 43 47%48%5%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 34 47%48%5%7% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 4 Aug 2025 30 54%41%5%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 4 Apr 2025 29 47%51%2%11% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Jul 2024 32 42%55%3%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 21 Feb 2024 36 35%61%4%5% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 31 May 2023 35 42%54%4%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 25 Jan 2023 36 36%56%8%12% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Jul 2022 37 36%57%7%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 25 Jan 2022 36 39%54%7%4% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 9 Jun 2021 36 36%59%5%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 8 Dec 2020 36 39%56%5%4% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 17 Jun 2020 37 37%58%5%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 11 Dec 2019 38 33%61%6%4% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 17 Jul 2019 38 37%56%7%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 1 Feb 2019 n/an/an/an/a Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 11 Jul 2018 42 32%55%13%6% 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.