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Kingfisher PLC

Registered as KINGFISHER PLC. Company number 01664812. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 26 August 2026.

31days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Kingfisher PLC reported that it took an average of 31 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 50% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 28 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Jan 2021 38 Jul 2021 43 Jan 2022 38 Jul 2022 36 Jan 2023 33 Jul 2023 33 Jan 2024 32 Jul 2024 32 Jan 2025 28 Jul 2025 30 Jan 2026 31 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 26 Aug 2026 31 60%35%5%11% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 24 Feb 2026 30 61%33%6%17% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 27 Aug 2025 28 62%32%6%17% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 25 Feb 2025 32 63%33%4%17% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 29 Aug 2024 32 60%33%7%23% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 26 Feb 2024 33 60%34%6%21% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 25 Aug 2023 33 65%26%9%36% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 21 Feb 2023 36 62%28%10%37% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 26 Aug 2022 38 62%27%11%33% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 23 Feb 2022 43 52%37%11%32% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 24 Aug 2021 38 51%38%11%29% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 25 Feb 2021 41 51%36%13%34% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 28 Aug 2020 40 56%34%10%36% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 26 Feb 2020 24 74%24%2%37% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 28 Aug 2019 22 78%22%0%34% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 26 Feb 2019 21 81%18%1%38% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 28 Aug 2018 21 81%17%2%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.