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J. Murphy & Sons Limited

Registered as J. MURPHY & SONS LIMITED. Company number 00492042. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

17days 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, J. Murphy & Sons Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% 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 16 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Dec 2020 36 Jun 2021 27 Dec 2021 25 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 24 Jun 2023 23 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 18 Dec 2024 16 Jun 2025 14 Dec 2025 17 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 31 Jul 2026 17 85%11%4%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 14 87%9%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 16 78%18%4%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 18 75%22%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 24 60%34%6%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 23 62%32%6%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 24 61%32%7%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 23 64%30%6%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 18 Jul 2022 25 58%33%9%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 27 56%35%9%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 23 Jul 2021 36 53%30%17%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 36 42%46%12%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 37 56%30%14%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 25 79%13%8%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 53 35%44%21%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 57 30%42%28%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 66 11%46%43%66% 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.