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Watson-Marlow Limited

Registered as WATSON-MARLOW LIMITED. Company number 02481019. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

49days 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, Watson-Marlow Limited reported that it took an average of 49 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 26% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 27% after more than 60 days. It said 33% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 17% 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 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 22 Dec 2020 22 Jun 2021 22 Dec 2021 37 Jun 2022 37 Dec 2022 38 Jun 2023 39 Dec 2023 45 Jun 2024 43 Dec 2024 49 Jun 2025 48 Dec 2025 49 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 30 Jul 2026 49 26%47%27%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 48 27%49%24%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 49 21%49%30%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 7 Jan 2025 43 29%54%17%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 16 Dec 2024 45 24%64%12%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Feb 2024 39 27%66%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 38 29%70%1%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 11 Jan 2023 37 31%68%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 37 31%67%2%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 22 73%27%0%15% Report
Jun to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 22 73%27%0%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 15 Jan 2021 22 72%28%0%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 21 71%29%0%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 16 Jan 2020 27 60%40%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 27 59%41%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 38 26%71%3%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 6 Aug 2018 26 58%42%0%1% 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.