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Waters Limited

Registered as WATERS LIMITED. Company number 02912366. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 16 July 2026.

22days 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, Waters Limited reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 81% of invoices within 30 days, 10% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 14 days, so it is 8 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 16 Dec 2020 20 Jun 2021 28 Dec 2021 31 Jun 2022 12 Dec 2022 16 Jul 2023 22 Dec 2023 20 Jun 2024 24 Dec 2024 14 Jun 2025 22 Dec 2025 22 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 16 Jul 2026 22 81%10%9%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 15 Jan 2026 22 81%10%9%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 14 90%6%4%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 21 Jan 2025 24 88%6%6%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 20 89%8%3%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 22 84%11%5%16% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 28 Jul 2023 16 89%7%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 12 92%4%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 31 79%14%7%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 28 82%11%7%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 20 86%9%5%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 16 90%5%5%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 17 Jul 2020 29 70%19%11%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 23 74%19%7%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 25 72%22%6%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 24 71%23%6%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 23 72%25%3%32% 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.