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The Swatch Group (UK) Limited

Registered as THE SWATCH GROUP (UK) LIMITED. Company number 00177501. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

10days 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, The Swatch Group (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 10 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 95% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 95% 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 18 days, so it is 8 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 15 Dec 2021 14 Jun 2022 22 Dec 2022 15 Jun 2023 12 Dec 2023 11 Jun 2024 9 Dec 2024 18 Jun 2025 10 Dec 2025 10 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 29 Jul 2026 10 95%4%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 10 94%4%2%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 18 91%7%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 9 98%2%0%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 11 96%3%1%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 12 94%5%1%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 15 94%5%1%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 22 88%10%2%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 14 95%4%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 15 91%8%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 17 86%10%4%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 1 Feb 2021 17 90%8%2%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 21 78%12%10%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 17 90%6%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 15 91%7%2%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 10 93%4%3%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 18 89%8%3%12% 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.