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Bowmer and Kirkland Limited

Registered as BOWMER AND KIRKLAND LIMITED. Company number 00701982. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 24 September 2026.

28days 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, Bowmer and Kirkland Limited reported that it took an average of 28 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 84% of invoices within 30 days, 12% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 58% 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 31 days, so it is 3 days faster now. 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 37 Feb 2021 37 Aug 2021 35 Feb 2022 31 Aug 2022 30 Feb 2023 30 Aug 2023 31 Feb 2024 31 Aug 2024 31 Feb 2025 31 Aug 2025 27 Feb 2026 28 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 24 Sep 2026 28 84%12%4%12% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 27 80%16%4%15% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 31 68%28%4%17% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 18 Mar 2025 31 65%30%5%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 31 66%30%4%19% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 31 60%36%4%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 28 Sep 2023 30 55%40%5%28% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 30 47%48%5%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 30 Sep 2022 31 45%51%4%28% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 35 41%54%5%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 37 41%54%5%27% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 37 40%55%5%27% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 25 Sep 2020 37 43%52%5%27% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 31 Mar 2020 39 38%57%5%35% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 39 38%56%6%28% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 44 34%55%11%50% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 26 Sep 2018 41 37%53%10%42% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 30 Mar 2018 41 36%54%10%51% 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.