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Bowker Preston Limited

Registered as BOWKER PRESTON LIMITED. Company number 00805059. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 15 July 2026.

34days 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, Bowker Preston Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 25 Dec 2020 22 Jun 2021 21 Dec 2021 49 Jun 2022 47 Dec 2022 50 Jun 2023 46 Dec 2023 40 Jun 2024 38 Dec 2024 42 Jun 2025 37 Dec 2025 34 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 15 Jul 2026 34 40%56%4%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 37 36%56%8%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 42 35%51%14%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 38 30%64%6%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 40 25%67%8%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 46 35%54%11%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 18 Jul 2023 50 25%54%21%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 47 20%66%15%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 49 24%55%21%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 21 Jan 2022 21 62%30%8%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 22 52%44%4%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 25 51%38%11%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 27 45%50%5%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 30 46%41%13%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 32 49%28%23%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 26 55%37%8%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 26 52%40%8%7% 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.