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Affinity Water Limited

Registered as AFFINITY WATER LIMITED. Company number 02546950. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

29days 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, Affinity Water Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 64% of invoices within 30 days, 33% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 21% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% 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 26 days, so it is 3 days slower 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 46 Mar 2021 46 Sep 2021 45 Mar 2022 54 Sep 2022 29 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 25 Mar 2024 27 Sep 2024 26 Mar 2025 26 Sep 2025 29 Mar 2026 29 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 28 Oct 2026 29 64%33%3%21% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 28 Apr 2026 29 68%28%4%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 26 69%30%1%18% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 26 98%1%1%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 27 97%2%1%23% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 25 97%2%1%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 27 96%2%2%23% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 29 94%3%3%27% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 54 54%34%12%31% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 45 56%30%14%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 46 52%34%14%36% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 46 47%36%17%44% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 28 71%22%7%46% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 35 61%32%7%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 34 65%28%7%32% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 39 59%31%10%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 42 50%39%11%49% 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.