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De Beers UK Limited

Registered as DE BEERS UK LIMITED. Company number 02054170. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

85days 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, De Beers UK Limited reported that it took an average of 85 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 59% of invoices within 30 days, 24% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 32% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% 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 60 days, so it is 25 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Dec 2020 41 Jun 2021 50 Dec 2021 50 Jun 2022 38 Dec 2022 52 Jun 2023 50 Dec 2023 53 Jun 2024 54 Dec 2024 60 Jun 2025 51 Dec 2025 85 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 29 Jul 2026 85 59%24%17%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 51 70%18%12%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 60 69%18%13%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 54 68%19%13%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 53 69%18%13%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 50 49%41%10%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 52 58%20%22%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 38 69%20%11%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 21 Jul 2022 50 59%25%16%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 50 70%11%19%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 41 71%14%15%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 35 77%13%11%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 31 71%20%9%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 30 76%17%7%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 35 67%22%11%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 11 Nov 2019 35 64%25%11%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 11 Nov 2019 31 72%18%10%33% 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.