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Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Registered as HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED. Company number 00651692. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

58days 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, Hodder & Stoughton Limited reported that it took an average of 58 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 9% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 56 Dec 2020 54 Jun 2021 58 Dec 2021 58 Jun 2022 54 Dec 2022 54 Jun 2023 54 Dec 2023 56 Jun 2024 56 Dec 2024 59 Dec 2025 58 Dec 2025 58 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 17 Jul 2026 58 90%5%5%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 16 Jan 2026 58 89%5%6%33% Report
Jan to Dec 2025 29 Jul 2025 59 39%25%36%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 56 44%21%35%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 56 43%23%34%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 54 52%14%34%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 54 52%16%32%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 54 53%15%33%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 58 44%21%35%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 58 44%22%34%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 54 52%17%31%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 56 51%17%32%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 57 47%18%35%34% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 51 52%19%29%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 53 49%19%32%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 51 53%18%29%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 45 59%18%23%34% 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.