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Wates Group Services Limited

Registered as WATES GROUP SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 00340931. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

36days 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, Wates Group Services Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 32 days, so it is 4 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 34 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 26 Jun 2022 28 Dec 2022 29 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 29 Dec 2024 32 Jun 2025 33 Dec 2025 36 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 30 Jul 2026 36 80%17%3%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 33 47%52%1%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 32 64%35%1%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 29 77%23%0%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 33 66%33%1%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 25 96%3%1%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 29 87%8%6%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 28 81%14%5%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 26 86%12%2%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 23 89%8%3%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 30 87%10%3%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 34 87%7%6%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 29 87%10%3%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 31 89%9%2%15% 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.