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South West Water Limited

Registered as SOUTH WEST WATER LIMITED. Company number 02366665. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2025, filed 31 October 2025.

30days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025, South West Water Limited reported that it took an average of 30 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 61% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 28% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 52% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2024, the average was 33 days, so it is 3 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Mar 2020 33 Sep 2020 30 Mar 2021 31 Sep 2021 30 Mar 2022 30 Sep 2022 31 Mar 2023 30 Sep 2023 31 Mar 2024 33 Sep 2024 27 Mar 2025 30 Sep 2025

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
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 30 61%32%7%28% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 23 May 2025 27 62%34%4%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 33 49%47%4%33% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 2 May 2024 31 64%33%3%36% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 30 49%47%4%38% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 31 55%41%4%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 30 52%46%2%23% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 30 50%47%3%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 31 50%47%3%23% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 30 66%31%3%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 33 48%49%3%28% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 31 54%43%3%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 31 53%44%3%27% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 21 82%15%3%6% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 21 78%19%3%14% 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.