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Papier-Mettler UK Limited

Registered as PAPIER-METTLER UK LIMITED. Company number 04266100. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 20 July 2026.

51days 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, Papier-Mettler UK Limited reported that it took an average of 51 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 28% of invoices within 30 days, 39% in 31 to 60 days and 33% after more than 60 days. It said 2% 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 June 2025, the average was 53 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Dec 2020 36 Jun 2021 45 Dec 2021 45 Jun 2022 46 Dec 2022 46 Jun 2023 52 Dec 2023 51 Jun 2024 50 Dec 2024 53 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 51 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 20 Jul 2026 51 28%39%33%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 2 Feb 2026 52 25%44%31%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 53 23%43%34%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 26 Feb 2025 50 34%22%44%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 11 Jul 2024 51 28%43%29%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 11 Jan 2024 52 28%40%32%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 46 29%43%28%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 46 35%40%25%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 45 33%49%18%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 11 Jan 2022 45 27%68%5%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Jul 2021 36 46%53%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 33 46%52%1%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 15 Jul 2020 38 39%59%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 43 30%66%4%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 6 Aug 2019 44 36%57%7%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 6 Aug 2019 39 45%50%5%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 6 Aug 2019 28 91%8%1%1% 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.