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Donald Ward Limited

Registered as DONALD WARD LIMITED. Company number 01292288. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 22 July 2026.

23days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Donald Ward Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 80% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 26 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Sep 2020 23 Mar 2021 25 Sep 2021 24 Mar 2022 26 Sep 2022 28 Mar 2023 24 Sep 2023 25 Mar 2024 23 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 25 Sep 2025 23 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 22 Jul 2026 23 80%16%4%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 25 77%17%6%6% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 21 Jul 2025 26 76%16%8%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 7 Mar 2025 23 81%14%5%5% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 4 Nov 2024 25 77%16%7%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 20 May 2024 24 79%14%7%7% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Jul 2023 28 73%18%9%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 20 Mar 2023 26 76%16%8%8% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 31 Jul 2022 24 79%14%7%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 22 Feb 2022 25 77%16%7%7% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 20 Aug 2021 23 81%14%5%5% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 18 Dec 2020 22 82%12%6%6% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 18 Jun 2020 24 80%13%7%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 19 Dec 2019 20 83%12%5%5% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 23 Oct 2019 25 79%15%6%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 3 100%0%0%0% 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.