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Duferco UK Limited

Registered as DUFERCO UK LIMITED. Company number 03538773. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

51days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Duferco UK Limited reported that it took an average of 51 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 26% of invoices within 30 days, 54% in 31 to 60 days and 20% after more than 60 days. It said 67% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 15% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 52 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 45 Mar 2021 45 Sep 2021 62 Mar 2022 46 Sep 2022 52 Mar 2023 51 Sep 2023 43 Mar 2024 45 Sep 2024 46 Mar 2025 52 Sep 2025 47 Mar 2026 51 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 51 26%54%20%67% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 6 May 2026 47 25%52%23%73% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 22 Oct 2025 52 25%52%23%68% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 9 Jul 2025 46 33%53%14%49% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 20 Dec 2024 45 27%55%18%56% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 23 Jul 2024 43 30%54%16%57% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 14 Dec 2023 51 31%47%22%60% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 23 May 2023 52 23%50%27%69% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 19 Dec 2022 46 26%56%18%64% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 16 Jun 2022 62 24%47%29%72% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 27 Oct 2021 45 26%54%20%71% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 4 Jun 2021 45 21%63%16%78% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 12 Jan 2021 45 21%63%16%78% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 5 May 2020 43 19%67%14%80% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 49 27%53%20%70% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 52 25%53%22%71% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 8 Nov 2018 63 24%46%30%76% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 26 Apr 2018 52 30%48%22%68% 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.