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L.J. Fairburn and Son Limited

Registered as L.J. FAIRBURN AND SON LIMITED. Company number 01182857. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 14 October 2026.

37days 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, L.J. Fairburn and Son Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 52% in 31 to 60 days and 12% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Mar 2021 41 Sep 2021 41 Mar 2022 40 Sep 2022 43 Mar 2023 42 Sep 2023 41 Mar 2024 38 Sep 2024 39 Mar 2025 37 Sep 2025 36 Mar 2026 37 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 14 Oct 2026 37 36%52%12%20% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 36 38%50%12%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 37 37%51%12%15% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 39 36%53%11%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 38 32%55%13%18% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 41 31%55%14%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 25 Oct 2023 42 28%55%17%19% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 17 Apr 2023 43 26%54%20%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 21 Oct 2022 40 26%58%16%23% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 14 Apr 2022 41 27%56%17%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 19 Oct 2021 41 26%57%17%21% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 41 25%57%18%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 21 Oct 2020 42 25%57%18%22% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 41 26%57%17%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 21 Oct 2019 43 21%61%18%21% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 44 22%58%20%24% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 44 22%59%19%22% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 27 Apr 2018 44 24%53%23%25% 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.