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DFS Trading Limited

Registered as DFS TRADING LIMITED. Company number 01735950. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 28 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 December 2025 to 28 June 2026, DFS Trading Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 57% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 4% 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 June 2025, the average was 44 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Dec 2020 31 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 31 Jun 2022 30 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 46 Dec 2023 44 Jun 2024 47 Dec 2024 44 Jun 2025 41 Dec 2025 42 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
Dec 2025 to Jun 2026 30 Jul 2026 42 57%17%26%4% Report
Jun to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 41 59%19%22%4% Report
Dec 2024 to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 44 56%19%25%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 47 55%20%25%9% Report
Dec 2023 to Jun 2024 2 Aug 2024 44 56%24%20%22% Report
Jun to Dec 2023 14 Feb 2024 46 55%20%25%21% Report
Dec 2022 to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 36 63%26%11%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 30 76%18%6%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 12 Aug 2022 31 65%30%5%30% Report
Jun to Dec 2021 1 Feb 2022 29 73%23%4%52% Report
Dec 2020 to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 31 68%26%6%24% Report
Jun to Dec 2020 16 Feb 2021 31 64%27%9%31% Report
Dec 2019 to Jun 2020 12 Aug 2020 20 79%13%8%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 34 62%30%8%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 31 65%26%9%42% Report
Jul 2018 to Jan 2019 28 Feb 2019 35 55%34%11%42% Report
Jan to Jul 2018 30 Aug 2018 37 54%28%18%57% Report
Jul 2017 to Jan 2018 26 Feb 2018 35 59%26%15%59% 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.