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Walker Books Limited

Registered as WALKER BOOKS LIMITED. Company number 01378601. 11 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

44days 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, Walker Books Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 31% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% 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 39 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Jun 2021 62 Dec 2021 43 Jun 2022 37 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 42 Dec 2023 38 Jun 2024 42 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 46 Dec 2025 44 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 21 Jul 2026 44 54%15%31%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 46 51%13%36%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 39 55%21%24%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 42 55%14%31%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 38 61%12%27%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 42 60%12%28%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 1 Aug 2023 38 63%12%25%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 37 50%12%38%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 22 Jul 2022 43 67%2%31%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 21 Apr 2022 62 40%4%56%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 21 Apr 2022 49 57%4%39%7% 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.