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Metsa Wood UK Limited

Registered as METSA WOOD UK LIMITED. Company number 03071064. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 July 2026.

33days 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, Metsa Wood UK Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 57% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 20% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% 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 31 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 29 Dec 2020 29 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 33 Jun 2022 25 Dec 2022 30 Jun 2023 32 Dec 2023 34 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 31 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 33 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 13 Jul 2026 33 57%41%2%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 12 Jan 2026 34 54%42%4%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 9 Jul 2025 31 61%36%3%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 15 Jan 2025 32 54%44%2%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Jul 2024 34 53%43%4%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 18 Jan 2024 32 56%41%3%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 14 Jul 2023 30 60%39%1%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 13 Jan 2023 25 67%32%1%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 15 Jul 2022 33 47%49%4%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 24 Jan 2022 29 59%38%3%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Jul 2021 29 58%39%3%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 20 Jan 2021 29 60%37%3%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 8 Jul 2020 24 77%21%2%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 9 Jan 2020 23 79%19%2%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 11 Jul 2019 25 76%21%3%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 10 Jan 2019 23 79%17%4%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 28 76%19%5%26% 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.