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Draper Tools Limited

Registered as DRAPER TOOLS LIMITED. Company number 00570630. 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, Draper Tools Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 57% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 47% 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 24 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Aug 2020 26 Feb 2021 26 Aug 2021 26 Feb 2022 26 Aug 2022 27 Feb 2023 29 Aug 2023 27 Feb 2024 24 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 27 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 57%35%8%47% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 27 58%35%7%24% Report
Apr to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 24 81%16%3%24% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 31 Mar 2025 24 79%17%4%47% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 27 Mar 2024 27 81%16%3%17% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 2 Oct 2023 29 80%17%3%18% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 30 Mar 2023 27 80%17%3%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 5 Oct 2022 26 78%20%2%18% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 26 72%25%3%20% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 26 82%16%2%29% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 31 Mar 2021 26 76%20%4%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 31 69%22%9%31% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 23 Mar 2020 27 79%19%3%32% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 26 81%17%2%32% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 28 Mar 2019 27 80%17%3%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 21 Sep 2018 27 81%17%2%30% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 31 Mar 2018 27 77%21%2%36% 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.