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World Brands Duty Free Limited

Registered as WORLD BRANDS DUTY FREE LIMITED. Company number 02754745. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

54days 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, World Brands Duty Free Limited reported that it took an average of 54 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 18% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 45% after more than 60 days. It said 30% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 31 Dec 2020 36 Jun 2021 46 Dec 2021 58 Jun 2022 57 Dec 2022 54 Jun 2023 55 Dec 2023 55 Jun 2024 54 Dec 2024 54 Jun 2025 55 Dec 2025 54 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 28 Jul 2026 54 18%37%45%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 55 17%34%49%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 9 Jul 2025 54 20%35%45%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 54 19%39%42%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 16 Aug 2024 55 19%34%47%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 1 Feb 2024 55 19%38%43%42% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 16 Aug 2023 54 16%38%46%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 9 Feb 2023 57 15%37%48%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 5 Oct 2022 58 16%34%50%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 46 29%37%35%56% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 22 Jul 2021 36 51%30%19%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 31 64%22%14%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 50 37%32%31%68% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 23 Jan 2020 36 49%32%20%64% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 40 41%38%20%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 21 Jan 2019 39 43%36%22%47% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 38 45%27%28%46% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 30 Jan 2018 38 47%27%26%48% 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.