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Spar (UK) Limited

Registered as SPAR (UK) LIMITED. Company number 00634226. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 29 May 2026.

32days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Spar (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 32 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 49% of invoices within 30 days, 40% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 47% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Oct 2020 32 Apr 2021 36 Oct 2021 37 Apr 2022 36 Oct 2022 32 Apr 2023 36 Oct 2023 32 Apr 2024 36 Oct 2024 36 Apr 2025 34 Oct 2025 32 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 29 May 2026 32 49%40%11%23% Report
May to Oct 2025 20 Nov 2025 34 44%50%6%17% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 4 Jun 2025 36 40%50%10%23% Report
May to Oct 2024 19 Nov 2024 36 41%50%9%17% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 13 May 2024 32 50%42%8%21% Report
May to Oct 2023 29 Nov 2023 36 46%42%12%14% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 31 May 2023 32 58%31%11%23% Report
May to Oct 2022 13 Dec 2022 36 51%37%13%12% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 31 May 2022 37 47%40%13%30% Report
May to Oct 2021 30 Nov 2021 36 43%45%12%29% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 28 May 2021 32 56%36%9%25% Report
May to Oct 2020 30 Nov 2020 40 37%46%17%43% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 37 44%45%11%53% Report
May to Oct 2019 28 Nov 2019 35 49%36%15%48% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 28 Jun 2019 30 57%32%11%37% Report
May to Oct 2018 8 Feb 2019 39 46%34%20%56% Report
Oct 2017 to Apr 2018 10 Aug 2018 49 34%36%30%72% 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.