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Lathams Limited

Registered as LATHAMS LIMITED. Company number 00967247. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 31 October 2026.

31days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Lathams Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 51% of invoices within 30 days, 44% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). 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 34 Mar 2021 27 Sep 2021 26 Mar 2022 35 Sep 2022 31 Mar 2023 34 Sep 2023 33 Mar 2024 33 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025 31 Sep 2025 31 Mar 2026 31 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 31 Oct 2026 31 51%44%5%12% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 1 Jun 2026 31 52%41%7%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 31 52%42%6%15% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 5 Jun 2025 30 50%43%7%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 5 Jun 2025 33 49%44%7%14% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 11 Jun 2024 33 48%45%7%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 11 Jun 2024 34 45%47%8%13% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 23 Jun 2023 31 50%45%5%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 14 Apr 2023 35 41%51%8%15% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 9 Jun 2022 26 45%46%9%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 17 May 2022 27 45%46%9%14% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 19 Apr 2021 34 46%45%9%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 19 Apr 2021 39 37%52%11%19% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 12 Apr 2021 37 38%52%10%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 8 Jun 2020 38 38%49%13%18% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Jul 2019 38 39%48%13%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 19 Oct 2018 37 40%46%14%15% 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.