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W.H.Bowker Limited

Registered as W.H.BOWKER LIMITED. Company number 00364757. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 September 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, W.H.Bowker Limited reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 57% in 31 to 60 days and 23% after more than 60 days. It said 0% 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 47 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 56 Jun 2020 55 Dec 2020 51 Jun 2021 51 Dec 2021 52 Jun 2022 52 Dec 2022 56 Jun 2023 57 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 47 Jun 2025 50 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 28 Sep 2026 46 20%57%23%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Sep 2026 50 19%56%25%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Sep 2026 47 17%58%25%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Sep 2026 n/an/an/an/a Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 51 16%61%23%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jul 2024 57 13%57%30%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 23 Jul 2023 56 14%54%32%35% Report
Jun to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 52 18%52%30%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 52 18%50%31%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 51 19%50%31%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 51 17%53%30%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 55 14%52%34%23% Report
Jun to Jun 2020 2 Aug 2020 56 14%52%34%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 56 16%52%32%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 53 16%53%31%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 21 Jan 2019 59 12%55%33%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 51 12%62%26%26% 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.