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Screwfix Direct Limited

Registered as SCREWFIX DIRECT LIMITED. Company number 03006378. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 27 August 2026.

46days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Screwfix Direct Limited reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 30% of invoices within 30 days, 61% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 21% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 47 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Jan 2021 45 Jul 2021 44 Jan 2022 41 Jul 2022 46 Jan 2023 45 Jul 2023 45 Jan 2024 47 Jul 2024 47 Jan 2025 47 Jul 2025 47 Jan 2026 46 Jul 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 Jul 2026 27 Aug 2026 46 30%61%9%2% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 25 Feb 2026 47 28%62%10%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 21 Aug 2025 47 28%62%10%2% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 25 Feb 2025 47 25%67%8%2% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 22 Aug 2024 47 28%60%12%9% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 28 Feb 2024 45 28%64%8%2% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 29 Aug 2023 45 27%66%7%3% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 21 Feb 2023 46 24%67%9%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 26 Aug 2022 41 33%63%5%3% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 24 Feb 2022 44 28%65%7%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 26 Aug 2021 45 25%70%5%3% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 24 Feb 2021 44 26%68%6%4% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 26 Aug 2020 43 26%67%7%4% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 26 Feb 2020 47 21%67%12%5% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 28 Aug 2019 48 20%66%14%6% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 26 Feb 2019 50 16%66%18%9% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 28 Aug 2018 46 23%60%16%10% 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.