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Softcat PLC

Registered as SOFTCAT PLC. Company number 02174990. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 28 August 2026.

24days 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, Softcat PLC reported that it took an average of 24 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 77% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 69% 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 25 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Jan 2021 32 Jul 2021 32 Jan 2022 34 Jul 2022 40 Jan 2023 33 Jul 2023 28 Jan 2024 26 Jul 2024 26 Jan 2025 25 Jul 2025 24 Jan 2026 24 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 28 Aug 2026 24 77%21%2%6% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 27 Feb 2026 24 72%26%2%11% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 29 Aug 2025 25 71%26%3%11% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 4 Mar 2025 26 69%27%4%14% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 28 Aug 2024 26 70%28%2%9% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 29 Feb 2024 28 65%33%2%9% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 33 55%40%5%13% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 28 Feb 2023 40 37%53%10%19% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 18 Aug 2022 34 51%44%5%15% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 9 Feb 2022 32 56%39%5%10% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 11 Aug 2021 32 55%42%3%8% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 25 Feb 2021 40 33%50%17%25% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 26 Aug 2020 41 28%56%16%24% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 3 Mar 2020 39 31%53%16%25% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 29 Aug 2019 35 47%42%10%13% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 27 Feb 2019 34 51%38%11%12% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 16 Aug 2018 34 51%37%12%13% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 7 Mar 2018 37 42%41%17%17% 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.