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Wolseley UK Limited

Registered as WOLSELEY UK LIMITED. Company number 00636445. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 25 August 2026.

57days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Wolseley UK Limited reported that it took an average of 57 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 10% of invoices within 30 days, 44% in 31 to 60 days and 46% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 10% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 July 2025). 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 60 Jan 2021 60 Jul 2021 59 Jan 2022 59 Jul 2022 58 Jan 2023 59 Jul 2023 58 Jan 2024 57 Jul 2024 57 Jan 2025 57 Jul 2025 57 Jan 2026 57 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 25 Aug 2026 57 10%44%46%4% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 26 Feb 2026 57 10%44%46%4% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 27 Aug 2025 57 10%44%46%5% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 14 Feb 2025 57 11%44%45%5% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 16 Aug 2024 57 9%44%47%5% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 19 Feb 2024 58 9%42%49%6% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 21 Aug 2023 59 8%43%49%6% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 23 Feb 2023 58 9%43%48%7% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 16 Aug 2022 59 8%45%47%8% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 21 Feb 2022 59 8%43%49%8% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 17 Aug 2021 60 7%42%51%7% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 16 Feb 2021 60 8%42%50%9% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 13 Aug 2020 62 7%38%55%11% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 26 Feb 2020 60 9%42%49%8% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 7 Aug 2019 60 9%42%49%11% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 19 Feb 2019 60 10%41%49%9% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 22 Aug 2018 60 8%43%49%11% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 14 Mar 2018 61 9%42%49%10% 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.