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IBM United Kingdom Limited

Registered as IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED. Company number 00741598. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

43days 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, IBM United Kingdom Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 37% of invoices within 30 days, 60% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 42 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 53 Dec 2020 53 Jun 2021 54 Dec 2021 53 Jun 2022 52 Dec 2022 51 Jun 2023 51 Dec 2023 45 Jun 2024 41 Dec 2024 42 Jun 2025 45 Dec 2025 43 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 31 Jul 2026 43 37%60%3%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 45 37%56%7%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 42 39%58%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 41 38%61%1%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 45 30%66%4%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 51 23%71%6%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 51 20%75%5%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 52 17%79%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 18 Jul 2022 53 15%82%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 24 Jan 2022 54 13%83%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 53 12%85%3%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 53 14%82%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 53 17%83%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 58 21%45%34%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 18 Jul 2019 56 22%33%45%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 57 22%31%47%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 53 31%25%44%2% 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.