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Bristol Water PLC

Registered as BRISTOL WATER PLC. Company number 02662226. 10 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 January 2023, filed 28 April 2023.

59days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2022 to 31 January 2023, Bristol Water PLC reported that it took an average of 59 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 47% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 39% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2022, the average was 49 days, so it is 10 days slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Sep 2018 36 Mar 2019 37 Sep 2019 40 Mar 2020 46 Sep 2020 53 Mar 2021 46 Sep 2021 49 Mar 2022 46 Sep 2022 59 Jan 2023

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
Oct 2022 to Jan 2023 28 Apr 2023 59 47%27%26%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 46 58%31%11%25% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 49 58%30%12%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 20 Oct 2021 46 48%35%17%45% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 21 Apr 2021 53 35%43%22%68% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 13 Oct 2020 46 58%24%18%46% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 21 Apr 2020 40 60%27%13%41% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 14 Oct 2019 37 67%25%8%38% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 16 Apr 2019 36 65%26%9%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 42 52%36%12%65% 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.