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Walter Lilly & Co. Limited

Registered as WALTER LILLY & CO. LIMITED. Company number 00352437. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 March 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

23days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 30 March 2026, Walter Lilly & Co. Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 68% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 30 days, so it is 7 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Sep 2020 24 Mar 2021 28 Sep 2021 28 Mar 2022 35 Sep 2022 34 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 52 Mar 2024 30 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025 29 Sep 2025 23 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 16 Jul 2026 23 68%30%2%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 16 Jul 2026 29 69%27%4%0% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 8 Sep 2025 30 60%35%5%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 1 Oct 2024 30 60%38%2%2% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 3 Apr 2024 52 48%48%3%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 5 Oct 2023 27 61%37%2%0% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 18 Apr 2023 34 72%26%2%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 20 Oct 2022 35 30%67%3%3% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 5 May 2022 28 72%25%3%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 13 Oct 2021 28 77%20%3%2% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 15 Apr 2021 24 86%11%3%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 23 78%20%2%2% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 23 Apr 2020 23 79%16%5%1% Report
Jul to Sep 2019 5 Nov 2019 28 96%2%2%0% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 16 Aug 2019 42 66%29%5%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 16 Aug 2019 42 66%29%5%12% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 16 Aug 2019 40 68%31%1%10% 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.