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James Cropper Speciality Papers Limited

Registered as JAMES CROPPER SPECIALITY PAPERS LIMITED. Company number 04690555. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

41days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, James Cropper Speciality Papers Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 25% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 72% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 September 2025, the average was 45 days, so it is 4 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Mar 2021 35 Sep 2021 36 Mar 2022 32 Sep 2022 36 Apr 2023 33 Sep 2023 32 Mar 2024 46 Sep 2024 42 Mar 2025 45 Sep 2025 41 Mar 2026 41 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
Mar to Sep 2026 27 Oct 2026 41 25%58%17%72% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 20 Apr 2026 41 26%58%16%73% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 21 Nov 2025 45 28%53%19%73% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 2 Jun 2025 42 16%63%21%73% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 25 Nov 2024 46 27%49%24%80% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 May 2024 32 55%35%10%80% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 24 May 2024 33 56%35%8%78% Report
Sep 2022 to Apr 2023 25 May 2023 36 45%46%9%90% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 8 Nov 2022 32 52%42%6%93% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 9 May 2022 36 45%46%9%90% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 8 Nov 2021 35 43%50%7%94% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 26 May 2021 36 44%44%12%90% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 10 Nov 2020 39 39%47%14%95% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 2 Jul 2020 32 51%45%4%64% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 31 51%46%3%60% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 1 May 2019 41 43%45%12%81% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 25 Oct 2018 34 47%44%9%95% 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.