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PWS Distributors Limited

Registered as PWS DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED. Company number 02214406. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 2 June 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, PWS Distributors Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 38% of invoices within 30 days, 49% in 31 to 60 days and 13% after more than 60 days. It said 74% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Oct 2020 42 Apr 2021 38 Oct 2021 38 Apr 2022 40 Oct 2022 36 Apr 2023 37 Oct 2023 33 Apr 2024 31 Oct 2024 36 Apr 2025 37 Oct 2025 34 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 2 Jun 2026 34 38%49%13%74% Report
May to Oct 2025 25 Nov 2025 37 35%52%13%77% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 13 Aug 2025 36 15%48%37%80% Report
May to Oct 2024 18 Nov 2024 31 45%46%10%79% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 9 Jul 2024 33 38%52%10%85% Report
May to Oct 2023 15 Dec 2023 37 33%53%14%86% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 15 Dec 2023 36 37%50%12%79% Report
May to Oct 2022 15 Dec 2023 40 29%57%14%84% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 10 Jun 2022 38 30%59%11%83% Report
May to Oct 2021 17 Nov 2021 38 34%52%14%82% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 17 May 2021 42 27%55%18%84% Report
May to Oct 2020 5 Nov 2020 40 36%46%18%75% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 14 Oct 2020 48 28%53%19%83% Report
May to Oct 2019 29 Nov 2019 38 35%50%15%78% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 29 May 2019 43 31%52%17%83% Report
May to Oct 2018 22 Nov 2018 41 32%53%15%85% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 30 May 2018 43 32%51%17%85% Report
May to Oct 2017 8 Feb 2018 40 31%52%17%85% 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.