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Bowker Blackburn Limited

Registered as BOWKER BLACKBURN LIMITED. Company number 01364761. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 15 July 2026.

33days 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, Bowker Blackburn Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 46% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 38 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 20 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 20 Dec 2021 37 Jun 2022 37 Dec 2022 35 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 38 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 33 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 15 Jul 2026 33 46%51%3%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 34 38%58%4%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 38 38%52%10%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 35 31%64%5%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 34 37%58%5%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 34 38%57%5%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 18 Jul 2023 35 38%56%6%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 37 31%64%5%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 37 36%57%7%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 21 Jan 2022 20 61%37%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Jul 2021 17 65%32%3%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 20 60%37%2%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 23 53%46%1%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 29 45%49%6%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 25 41%50%9%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 48 21%57%22%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 14 80%10%10%6% 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.