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Boots UK Limited

Registered as BOOTS UK LIMITED. Company number 00928555. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

35days 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, Boots UK Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 58% of invoices within 30 days, 34% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% 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 32 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Feb 2021 28 Aug 2021 30 Feb 2022 30 Aug 2022 30 Feb 2023 31 Aug 2023 31 Feb 2024 31 Aug 2024 32 Feb 2025 32 Aug 2025 33 Feb 2026 35 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 30 Sep 2026 35 58%34%8%2% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 May 2026 33 64%28%8%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 32 66%26%8%1% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 12 Aug 2025 32 67%25%8%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 11 Aug 2025 31 67%26%7%2% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 16 Aug 2024 31 66%28%6%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Feb 2024 31 68%27%5%3% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 15 Aug 2023 30 68%27%5%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 6 Apr 2023 30 70%26%4%1% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 24 Jun 2022 30 69%29%4%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 8 Dec 2022 28 73%24%4%1% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 27 76%20%4%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 28 75%21%4%1% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 32 71%23%6%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 27 Sep 2019 32 71%24%5%3% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 28 Mar 2019 32 72%23%5%1% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 32 71%24%5%1% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 26 Nov 2018 31 74%21%5%3% 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.