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Paul Smith Limited

Registered as PAUL SMITH LIMITED. Company number 01170719. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 August 2026.

12days 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, Paul Smith Limited reported that it took an average of 12 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 93% 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 19 days, so it is 7 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Dec 2020 22 Jun 2021 22 Dec 2021 24 Jun 2022 22 Dec 2022 23 Jun 2023 21 Dec 2023 20 Jun 2024 17 Dec 2024 19 Jun 2025 16 Dec 2025 12 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 13 Aug 2026 12 87%10%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 9 Feb 2026 16 86%10%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 5 Nov 2025 19 80%14%6%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 4 Mar 2025 17 82%13%5%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 22 Jul 2024 20 82%12%6%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 5 Feb 2024 21 80%14%6%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 23 78%15%7%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 16 Jan 2023 22 77%17%6%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 7 Dec 2022 24 71%22%7%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 29 Apr 2022 22 72%22%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 8 Sep 2021 22 78%16%6%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 13 May 2021 24 70%25%5%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 11 May 2021 21 69%20%11%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 10 May 2021 22 72%21%7%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 3 Oct 2019 27 60%30%10%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 3 Oct 2019 26 63%29%8%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 21 Dec 2018 24 69%22%9%41% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 3 May 2018 22 70%23%7%37% 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.