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F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company

Registered as F.W. THORPE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. Company number 00317886. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 24 July 2026.

46days 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, F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 9% of invoices within 30 days, 77% in 31 to 60 days and 14% after more than 60 days. It said 90% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 21% 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 27 days, so it is 19 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Dec 2020 29 Jun 2021 32 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 36 Dec 2022 37 Jun 2023 37 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 30 Dec 2024 27 Jun 2025 46 Dec 2025 46 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 24 Jul 2026 46 9%77%14%90% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Jan 2026 46 14%74%12%93% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 10 Jul 2025 27 59%39%2%92% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 15 Jan 2025 30 50%47%3%95% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 34 40%55%5%88% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 37 30%64%6%94% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 37 31%63%6%94% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 36 34%62%4%94% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 20 Jul 2022 34 36%60%4%93% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 24 Jan 2022 32 49%46%5%87% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 29 52%45%3%85% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 18 Jan 2021 31 47%52%1%91% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 17 Jul 2020 30 51%47%2%86% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 21 Jan 2020 32 45%53%2%92% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 31 48%50%2%76% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 32 43%55%2%92% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 30 51%47%2%90% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 29 Jan 2018 32 49%50%1%84% 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.