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James Walker & Co. Limited

Registered as JAMES WALKER & CO. LIMITED. Company number 02432592. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

54days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, James Walker & Co. Limited reported that it took an average of 54 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 16% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 48% after more than 60 days. It said 78% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Mar 2021 55 Sep 2021 54 Mar 2022 54 Sep 2022 53 Mar 2023 52 Sep 2023 52 Mar 2024 54 Sep 2024 56 Mar 2025 54 Sep 2025 52 Mar 2026 54 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 54 16%36%48%78% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 52 20%38%42%75% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 54 18%38%44%81% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 15 Apr 2025 56 20%33%47%82% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 54 18%36%46%88% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 52 23%34%43%87% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 52 19%39%42%90% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Apr 2023 53 20%36%44%88% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 24 Oct 2022 54 20%32%48%94% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 26 Apr 2022 54 18%38%44%88% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 55 13%39%48%94% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 55 13%41%46%93% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 59 11%36%53%95% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 56 14%38%48%93% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 14 Oct 2019 56 15%36%49%93% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 1 May 2019 58 13%35%52%91% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 56 17%35%48%95% 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.