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Apple Retail UK Limited

Registered as APPLE RETAIL UK LIMITED. Company number 04996702. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 21 October 2026.

17days 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, Apple Retail UK Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% 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 27 September 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Mar 2021 18 Sep 2021 17 Mar 2022 18 Sep 2022 18 Apr 2023 18 Sep 2023 17 Mar 2024 17 Sep 2024 23 Mar 2025 17 Sep 2025 17 Mar 2026 17 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 21 Oct 2026 17 92%8%0%0% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Apr 2026 17 91%9%0%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 17 93%7%0%0% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 23 75%22%3%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 23 Oct 2024 17 93%7%0%0% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 17 94%6%0%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 18 90%10%0%1% Report
Sep 2022 to Apr 2023 28 Apr 2023 18 86%14%0%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 18 90%9%0%0% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 17 94%5%0%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 18 87%13%0%0% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 22 Apr 2021 17 93%7%0%1% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 19 64%36%0%1% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 28 61%39%0%0% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 25 68%32%0%0% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 30 54%46%0%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 32 48%52%0%7% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Apr 2018 28 58%42%0%3% 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.