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Booker Direct Limited

Registered as BOOKER DIRECT LIMITED. Company number 04004640. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

45days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 2 March 2026 to 30 August 2026, Booker Direct Limited reported that it took an average of 45 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 5% of invoices within 30 days, 80% in 31 to 60 days and 15% after more than 60 days. It said 7% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 24 August 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Feb 2021 44 Aug 2021 46 Feb 2022 45 Aug 2022 50 Feb 2023 47 Aug 2023 46 Feb 2024 46 Aug 2024 47 Feb 2025 45 Aug 2025 46 Mar 2026 45 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
Mar to Aug 2026 28 Sep 2026 45 5%80%15%7% Report
Aug 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Mar 2026 46 5%79%16%9% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 22 Sep 2025 45 6%81%13%9% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 47 5%81%14%11% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 46 9%75%16%9% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 46 6%80%14%11% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 47 6%79%15%14% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 50 5%76%19%19% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 45 4%81%15%14% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 46 29%54%17%24% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 44 19%66%15%28% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 47 16%66%18%35% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 44 18%66%16%49% Report
Aug 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Mar 2020 n/an/an/an/a Report
Feb to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 n/an/an/an/a Report
Oct 2018 to Feb 2019 26 Mar 2019 n/an/an/an/a Report
Mar to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 n/an/an/an/a 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.