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Watkin Jones & Son Limited

Registered as WATKIN JONES & SON LIMITED. Company number 02539870. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

43days 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, Watkin Jones & Son Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 33% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 11% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 56 days, so it is 13 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 61 Mar 2021 55 Sep 2021 56 Mar 2022 55 Sep 2022 48 Mar 2023 49 Sep 2023 51 Mar 2024 56 Sep 2024 51 Mar 2025 56 Sep 2025 46 Mar 2026 43 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 29 Oct 2026 43 33%56%11%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 46 32%53%15%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 30 Oct 2025 56 26%57%17%10% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 23 Apr 2025 51 26%58%16%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 56 28%55%17%11% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 51 25%58%17%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 49 23%63%14%9% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 24 Apr 2023 48 26%59%15%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 55 17%64%19%14% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 13 Apr 2022 56 15%66%19%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 55 15%68%17%12% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 61 11%63%26%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 2 Nov 2020 54 19%54%27%28% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 11 May 2020 53 22%57%21%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 21 Oct 2019 61 5%65%29%28% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 63 8%58%35%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 60 8%61%32%31% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 1 May 2018 56 8%63%29%3% 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.