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Close Brothers Limited

Registered as CLOSE BROTHERS LIMITED. Company number 00195626. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 29 August 2026.

20days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Close Brothers Limited reported that it took an average of 20 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 83% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 80% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 18 days, so it is 2 days slower 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 25 Jan 2021 23 Jul 2021 22 Jan 2022 20 Jul 2022 22 Jan 2023 22 Jul 2023 21 Jan 2024 17 Jul 2024 17 Jan 2025 18 Jul 2025 20 Jan 2026 20 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 29 Aug 2026 20 83%13%4%16% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 2 Mar 2026 20 84%12%4%15% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 29 Aug 2025 18 84%12%4%15% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 28 Feb 2025 17 85%10%5%16% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 29 Aug 2024 17 85%11%4%14% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 27 Feb 2024 21 80%14%6%19% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 29 Aug 2023 22 79%14%7%19% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 28 Feb 2023 22 80%13%7%20% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 26 Aug 2022 20 81%13%6%18% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 2 Mar 2022 22 80%13%7%20% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 26 Aug 2021 23 79%13%8%22% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 26 Feb 2021 25 75%17%8%26% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 28 Aug 2020 24 76%16%8%24% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 27 Feb 2020 26 73%19%9%29% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 29 Aug 2019 24 77%17%7%24% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 28 Feb 2019 28 72%19%9%30% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 29 Aug 2018 28 72%18%10%29% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 28 Feb 2018 29 68%21%11%33% 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.