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Bancroft Limited

Registered as BANCROFT LIMITED. Company number 02907123. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 24 July 2026.

57days 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, Bancroft Limited reported that it took an average of 57 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 14% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 38% after more than 60 days. It said 38% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 10% 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 61 days, so it is 4 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 Dec 2020 63 Jun 2021 57 Dec 2021 62 Jun 2022 54 Dec 2022 68 Jun 2023 55 Dec 2023 57 Jun 2024 57 Dec 2024 61 Jun 2025 58 Dec 2025 57 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 24 Jul 2026 57 14%48%38%38% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 58 13%47%40%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 61 12%40%48%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 57 17%51%32%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 57 17%49%34%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 55 19%51%30%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 68 18%47%35%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 54 20%53%27%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 62 17%52%31%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 57 20%49%31%40% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 63 16%40%44%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 61 16%44%40%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 55 15%49%35%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 54 18%54%28%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 57 16%49%35%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 54 16%48%36%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 24 Jul 2018 62 15%37%48%36% 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.