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Drayton Group Limited

Registered as DRAYTON GROUP LIMITED. Company number 04136968. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

52days 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, Drayton Group Limited reported that it took an average of 52 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 17% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 32% after more than 60 days. It said 81% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 14% 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 43 days, so it is 9 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2021 33 Dec 2021 32 Jun 2022 35 Dec 2022 36 Jun 2023 39 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 44 Dec 2024 43 Jun 2025 43 Dec 2025 52 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 30 Jul 2026 52 17%51%32%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 20 Apr 2026 43 25%53%22%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 43 29%49%22%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 44 28%49%23%72% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 8 Aug 2024 37 35%53%12%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 39 33%54%13%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 36 32%62%6%70% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 35 35%57%8%61% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 32 41%54%5%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 33 41%52%7%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 30 49%47%4%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 35 45%41%14%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 39 37%43%20%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 36 41%40%19%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 39 28%57%15%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 42 28%50%22%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 40 26%58%16%14% 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.