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John Dewar and Sons Limited

Registered as JOHN DEWAR AND SONS LIMITED. Company number 00613551. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

105days 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, John Dewar and Sons Limited reported that it took an average of 105 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 13% of invoices within 30 days, 9% in 31 to 60 days and 78% after more than 60 days. It said 17% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 103 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 102 Mar 2021 77 Sep 2021 78 Mar 2022 94 Sep 2022 100 Mar 2023 93 Sep 2023 103 Mar 2024 91 Sep 2024 97 Mar 2025 103 Sep 2025 108 Mar 2026 105 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 29 Oct 2026 105 13%9%78%17% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 108 12%8%80%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 103 16%9%75%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 97 18%11%71%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 14 Oct 2024 91 23%13%64%40% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 103 15%9%76%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 93 8%1%91%7% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 30 Apr 2023 100 22%1%77%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 30 Oct 2022 94 26%8%66%9% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 78 28%11%61%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 77 27%10%63%5% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 20 Apr 2021 102 27%12%60%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 15 Oct 2020 73 24%15%60%11% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 12 Apr 2020 67 25%51%24%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 60 31%44%25%6% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 18 Apr 2019 50 33%43%24%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 48 35%46%19%7% 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.