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Essity UK Limited

Registered as ESSITY UK LIMITED. Company number 03226403. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

45days 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, Essity UK Limited reported that it took an average of 45 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 43% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 22% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 22% 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 39 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 47 Jun 2021 46 Dec 2021 46 Jun 2022 45 Dec 2022 45 Jun 2023 43 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 39 Dec 2024 39 Jun 2025 47 Dec 2025 45 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 23 Jul 2026 45 43%35%22%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 23 Jul 2026 47 43%31%26%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 39 37%54%9%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 39 49%34%17%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 17 Jul 2024 51 36%28%35%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 17 Jan 2024 43 39%35%26%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 45 37%34%29%52% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 45 35%36%28%50% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 46 34%36%30%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 46 34%37%29%54% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 47 31%38%31%83% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 47 31%37%32%82% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 48 30%36%34%83% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 50 26%37%37%83% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 4 Oct 2019 49 29%36%35%93% 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.