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Wates Property Services Limited

Registered as WATES PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 01141788. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

31days 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, Wates Property Services Limited reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 68% of invoices within 30 days, 28% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 17% 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. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 23 days, so it is 8 days slower now. 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 40 Dec 2020 38 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 34 Jun 2022 34 Dec 2022 32 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 36 Jun 2024 25 Dec 2024 23 Jun 2025 31 Dec 2025 31 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 29 Jul 2026 31 68%28%4%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 31 67%29%4%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 23 85%13%2%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 25 79%17%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 36 51%42%7%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 34 48%50%2%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 32 50%48%2%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 34 45%53%2%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 34 46%52%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 35 40%58%2%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 38 32%66%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 40 32%66%2%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 39 29%68%3%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 39 39%55%6%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 38 41%54%5%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 34 53%40%7%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 43 48%42%10%61% 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.