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Marks and Spencer P.L.C.

Registered as MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C.. Company number 00214436. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

30days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, Marks and Spencer P.L.C. reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 59% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 September 2025, the average was 33 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Apr 2021 30 Oct 2021 30 Apr 2022 35 Oct 2022 33 Apr 2023 34 Sep 2023 34 Mar 2024 32 Sep 2024 31 Mar 2025 33 Sep 2025 28 Mar 2026 30 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
Mar to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 30 59%33%8%2% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 28 63%29%8%2% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 20 Oct 2025 33 57%29%14%6% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 31 60%30%10%1% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 32 61%28%11%1% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Apr 2024 34 62%25%13%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 34 57%30%13%1% Report
Oct 2022 to Apr 2023 28 Apr 2023 33 60%27%13%1% Report
Apr to Oct 2022 1 Nov 2022 35 61%26%13%1% Report
Oct 2021 to Apr 2022 29 Apr 2022 30 63%26%11%1% Report
Apr to Oct 2021 2 Nov 2021 30 64%27%9%1% Report
Sep 2020 to Apr 2021 30 Apr 2021 30 63%27%10%1% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 30 62%30%8%1% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 31 60%30%10%1% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 22 Oct 2019 30 60%31%9%1% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 17 Apr 2019 31 58%32%10%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 19 Oct 2018 30 61%31%8%1% 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.