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Gratte Brothers Limited

Registered as GRATTE BROTHERS LIMITED. Company number 00411138. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 9 October 2026.

55days 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, Gratte Brothers Limited reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 17% of invoices within 30 days, 40% in 31 to 60 days and 43% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 60 Mar 2021 60 Sep 2021 57 Mar 2022 58 Sep 2022 56 Mar 2023 55 Sep 2023 53 Mar 2024 52 Sep 2024 53 Mar 2025 55 Sep 2025 54 Mar 2026 55 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 9 Oct 2026 55 17%40%43%9% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 8 Apr 2026 54 17%44%39%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 16 Oct 2025 55 17%40%43%7% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 13 May 2025 53 16%49%35%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 14 Jan 2025 52 17%46%37%7% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 23 May 2024 53 19%44%37%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 11 Oct 2023 55 15%45%40%7% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 18 Apr 2023 56 15%44%41%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 15 Dec 2022 58 16%38%45%9% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 25 May 2022 57 18%40%42%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 15 Nov 2021 60 13%35%51%11% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 60 15%37%48%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 63 12%29%59%13% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 1 May 2020 57 19%43%37%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 50 28%35%37%12% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 52 22%45%33%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 48 19%39%42%37% 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.