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British Polythene Limited

Registered as BRITISH POLYTHENE LIMITED. Company number 00350729. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 19 October 2026.

38days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, British Polythene Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 42% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 45% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 October 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 39 Mar 2021 39 Sep 2021 38 Mar 2022 39 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 36 Sep 2023 38 Mar 2024 38 Sep 2024 37 Mar 2025 37 Oct 2025 37 Mar 2026 38 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
Apr to Sep 2026 19 Oct 2026 38 42%41%17%45% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 37 46%40%14%8% Report
Apr to Oct 2025 24 Oct 2025 37 42%44%14%8% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 37 43%42%15%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 25 Oct 2024 38 41%44%15%6% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 19 Apr 2024 38 41%44%15%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 18 Oct 2023 36 44%43%13%5% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 37 45%41%14%5% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 21 Oct 2022 39 38%46%16%7% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 38 47%40%13%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 39 39%47%14%8% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 39 39%45%16%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 27 Oct 2020 41 39%43%18%5% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 36 47%39%14%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 33 51%36%13%16% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 49 37%40%23%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 48 32%42%26%22% 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.