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The White Company (U.K.) Limited

Registered as THE WHITE COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED. Company number 02998082. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 August 2026, filed 27 August 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 3 February 2026 to 1 August 2026, The White Company (U.K.) Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 10% after more than 60 days. It said 18% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 2 August 2025, the average was 43 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Feb 2021 30 Jul 2021 53 Jan 2022 49 Jul 2022 47 Jan 2023 43 Jul 2023 43 Jan 2024 43 Aug 2024 53 Feb 2025 43 Aug 2025 46 Feb 2026 42 Aug 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
Feb to Aug 2026 27 Aug 2026 42 53%37%10%18% Report
Aug 2025 to Feb 2026 3 Mar 2026 46 45%41%14%19% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 14 Aug 2025 43 54%33%13%25% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 17 Feb 2025 53 25%47%28%64% Report
Jan to Aug 2024 21 Aug 2024 43 46%40%15%32% Report
Jul 2023 to Jan 2024 8 Feb 2024 43 44%46%10%24% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 24 Aug 2023 43 49%41%11%23% Report
Jul 2022 to Jan 2023 20 Feb 2023 47 46%37%17%26% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 25 Aug 2022 49 42%41%17%34% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 23 Mar 2022 53 38%37%25%55% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 9 Sep 2021 30 59%31%11%22% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 4 Mar 2021 32 58%32%10%18% Report
Feb to Aug 2020 11 Sep 2020 38 57%21%23%34% Report
Aug 2019 to Feb 2020 4 Mar 2020 26 71%25%4%17% Report
Apr to Aug 2019 2 Sep 2019 28 72%25%3%12% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 29 67%28%5%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 49 29%47%24%66% 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.