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Mears Limited

Registered as MEARS LIMITED. Company number 02519234. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

23days 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, Mears Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 61% of invoices within 30 days, 38% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 11% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% 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 27 days, so it is 4 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Dec 2020 18 Jun 2021 26 Dec 2021 24 Jun 2022 23 Dec 2022 22 Jun 2023 20 Dec 2023 20 Jun 2024 22 Dec 2024 27 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 23 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 23 61%38%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 30 58%39%3%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 27 58%40%2%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 13 Jan 2025 22 68%30%2%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 13 Jan 2025 20 65%34%1%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 5 Feb 2024 20 70%28%2%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 30 Jul 2023 22 64%34%2%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 12 Jan 2023 23 60%37%3%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 3 Aug 2022 24 57%39%4%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 10 Feb 2022 26 57%38%5%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 1 Sep 2021 18 71%25%4%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 30 Jan 2021 18 73%23%4%17% Report
Jun to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 21 67%28%5%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 1 Feb 2020 39 36%51%13%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 27 Jul 2019 57 16%41%43%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 9 Feb 2019 60 15%38%47%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 58 14%42%44%15% 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.