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First South West Limited

Registered as FIRST SOUTH WEST LIMITED. Company number 01669417. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 September 2026, filed 15 October 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 28 September 2026, First South West Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 37% of invoices within 30 days, 50% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 29 September 2025, the average was 46 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Mar 2021 50 Sep 2021 48 Mar 2022 49 Sep 2022 50 Mar 2023 47 Sep 2023 48 Mar 2024 48 Sep 2024 45 Mar 2025 46 Sep 2025 44 Mar 2026 42 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
Mar to Sep 2026 15 Oct 2026 42 37%50%13%6% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Apr 2026 44 31%60%9%5% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 22 Oct 2025 46 30%54%16%3% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 25 Apr 2025 45 32%51%17%4% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 17 Oct 2024 48 31%52%17%3% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 48 29%50%21%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 12 Oct 2023 47 31%47%22%7% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 18 Apr 2023 50 30%45%25%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 19 Oct 2022 49 24%52%24%7% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 48 25%53%22%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 50 27%44%29%4% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 15 Apr 2021 51 28%41%31%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 51 27%40%33%6% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 27 Apr 2020 51 28%38%34%6% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 52 28%35%37%4% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 23 Apr 2019 52 27%38%35%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 48 23%51%26%38% 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.