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Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Registered as LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED. Company number 02304585. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

72days 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, Little, Brown Book Group Limited reported that it took an average of 72 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 82% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 37% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% 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 69 days, so it is 3 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 72 Dec 2020 69 Jun 2021 72 Dec 2021 70 Jun 2022 67 Dec 2022 69 Jun 2023 68 Dec 2023 70 Jun 2024 69 Dec 2024 69 Jun 2025 71 Dec 2025 72 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 17 Jul 2026 72 82%8%10%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 16 Jan 2026 71 90%5%5%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 69 32%18%50%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 69 31%16%53%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 70 30%18%52%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 68 33%14%53%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 69 32%16%52%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 67 38%11%51%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 70 32%15%53%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 72 30%14%56%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 69 33%14%53%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 72 33%13%54%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 72 31%16%53%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 66 33%18%49%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 64 37%16%47%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 61 37%19%44%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 59 44%16%40%26% 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.