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Albert Farnell Limited

Registered as ALBERT FARNELL LIMITED. Company number 00391896. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

26days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Albert Farnell Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 50% of invoices within 30 days, 38% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 35 days, so it is 9 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 45 Feb 2021 37 Aug 2021 39 Feb 2022 37 Aug 2022 41 Feb 2023 39 Aug 2023 36 Feb 2024 41 Aug 2024 47 Feb 2025 35 Aug 2025 29 Feb 2026 26 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 26 50%38%12%1% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 29 51%31%18%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 35 52%39%9%13% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 6 Jun 2025 47 42%43%15%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 6 Jun 2025 41 46%41%13%20% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 36 53%35%12%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 26 Sep 2023 39 46%42%12%21% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 29 Mar 2023 41 47%38%15%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 27 Sep 2022 37 48%41%11%19% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 39 50%39%11%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 37 49%40%12%15% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 31 Mar 2021 45 45%38%17%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 23 Sep 2020 56 36%38%26%21% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 31 Mar 2020 49 43%38%18%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 45 46%39%15%25% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 46 40%39%21%29% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 30 Sep 2018 47 43%39%18%18% 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.