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Adam Smith International Ltd

Registered as ADAM SMITH INTERNATIONAL LTD. Company number 02732176. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 19 August 2026.

27days 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, Adam Smith International Ltd reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 98% of invoices within 30 days, 1% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 21 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Dec 2020 27 Jun 2021 31 Dec 2021 30 Jul 2022 30 Dec 2022 32 Jun 2023 30 Dec 2023 29 Jun 2024 21 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 18 Dec 2025 27 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 19 Aug 2026 27 98%1%1%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 18 Mar 2026 18 92%6%2%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 8 Aug 2025 21 87%11%2%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 26 Mar 2025 21 76%19%5%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Aug 2024 29 72%24%4%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Mar 2024 30 75%20%4%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 9 Oct 2023 32 68%27%5%32% Report
Aug to Dec 2022 2 Mar 2023 30 71%23%6%29% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 1 Aug 2022 30 79%14%7%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 1 Mar 2022 31 78%15%7%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Dec 2021 27 78%17%5%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 2 Jun 2021 33 67%27%6%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 7 Dec 2020 30 70%27%3%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 26 Jun 2020 30 66%32%2%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 15 Nov 2019 30 68%29%3%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 15 Nov 2019 27 76%20%4%11% 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.