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3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company

Registered as 3M UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. Company number 01123045. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2024, filed 22 January 2025.

106days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024, 3M United Kingdom Public Limited Company reported that it took an average of 106 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 15% of invoices within 30 days, 20% in 31 to 60 days and 65% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2023, the average was 60 days, so it is 46 days slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Jun 2019 63 Dec 2019 75 Jun 2020 98 Dec 2020 98 Jun 2021 105 Dec 2021 80 Jun 2022 77 Dec 2022 86 Jun 2023 60 Dec 2023 87 Jun 2024 106 Dec 2024

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
Jul to Dec 2024 22 Jan 2025 106 15%20%65%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 1 Aug 2024 87 14%17%69%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 60 34%20%46%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Aug 2023 86 20%26%54%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 7 Feb 2023 77 17%33%49%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Sep 2022 80 24%39%37%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 24 Jan 2022 105 30%42%29%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 2 Aug 2021 98 28%50%22%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 98 28%50%22%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 75 27%54%19%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 63 28%54%18%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 12 Jul 2019 55 26%54%20%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 22 Jan 2019 53 30%54%16%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 6 Aug 2018 46 33%54%12%24% 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.