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J.D. Williams & Company Limited

Registered as J.D. WILLIAMS & COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 00178367. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 29 August 2026, filed 22 October 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 29 August 2026, J.D. Williams & Company Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 35% of invoices within 30 days, 46% in 31 to 60 days and 19% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Feb 2021 54 Aug 2021 53 Feb 2022 50 Aug 2022 50 Mar 2023 48 Sep 2023 46 Mar 2024 49 Aug 2024 47 Mar 2025 37 Aug 2025 37 Feb 2026 42 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 22 Oct 2026 42 35%46%19%19% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 29 Jul 2026 37 41%48%11%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 15 Oct 2025 37 42%47%11%15% Report
Aug 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Mar 2025 47 22%50%28%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 49 30%47%24%30% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Mar 2024 46 23%53%24%31% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 21 Sep 2023 48 22%52%26%29% Report
Aug 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Mar 2023 50 18%51%31%34% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 26 Sep 2022 50 20%50%30%30% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 29 Mar 2022 53 17%52%31%38% Report
Feb to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 54 19%49%33%34% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 31 Mar 2021 41 21%43%37%36% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 2 Dec 2020 40 35%52%13%20% Report
Aug 2019 to Feb 2020 4 May 2020 54 18%56%26%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 2 Oct 2019 66 17%48%35%61% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 19 Jul 2019 48 20%58%23%57% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 1 Oct 2018 41 28%65%7%43% 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.