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William Davis Limited

Registered as WILLIAM DAVIS LIMITED. Company number 00468397. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 May 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

36days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 December 2025 to 31 May 2026, William Davis Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 46% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 May 2025, the average was 40 days, so it is 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Nov 2020 37 May 2021 36 Nov 2021 41 May 2022 36 Nov 2022 38 May 2023 37 Nov 2023 42 May 2024 37 Nov 2024 40 May 2025 40 Nov 2025 36 May 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
Dec 2025 to May 2026 23 Jul 2026 36 46%51%3%11% Report
Jun to Nov 2025 23 Dec 2025 40 28%69%3%15% Report
Dec 2024 to May 2025 14 Jul 2025 40 38%59%3%15% Report
Jun to Nov 2024 21 Jan 2025 37 38%59%3%13% Report
Dec 2023 to May 2024 12 Jul 2024 42 48%49%3%13% Report
Jun to Nov 2023 22 Dec 2023 37 49%49%2%11% Report
Dec 2022 to May 2023 3 Jul 2023 38 55%42%3%13% Report
Jun to Nov 2022 17 Jan 2023 36 50%48%2%11% Report
Dec 2021 to May 2022 8 Jul 2022 41 48%50%2%12% Report
Jun to Nov 2021 26 Jan 2022 36 47%51%2%13% Report
Dec 2020 to May 2021 22 Jun 2021 37 49%48%3%12% Report
Jun to Nov 2020 12 Jan 2021 35 49%49%2%12% Report
Dec 2019 to May 2020 25 Jun 2020 38 43%53%4%12% Report
Jun to Nov 2019 19 Dec 2019 36 47%51%2%10% Report
Dec 2018 to May 2019 18 Jun 2019 36 43%56%1%9% Report
Jun to Nov 2018 21 Dec 2018 37 38%60%2%9% Report
Dec 2017 to May 2018 22 Jun 2018 36 41%57%2%10% Report
Jun to Nov 2017 4 Apr 2018 38 38%60%2%12% 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.