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Colloids Limited

Registered as COLLOIDS LIMITED. Company number 05058123. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 19 August 2026.

27days 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, Colloids Limited reported that it took an average of 27 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 64% of invoices within 30 days, 28% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 92% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 61% 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 34 days, so it is 7 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Dec 2020 34 Jun 2021 32 Dec 2021 27 Jun 2022 29 Dec 2022 31 Jun 2023 32 Dec 2023 32 Jun 2024 29 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 35 Dec 2025 27 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 19 Aug 2026 27 64%28%8%92% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 35 45%40%15%83% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 18 Jul 2025 34 48%40%12%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 11 Feb 2025 29 53%39%8%87% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 19 Jul 2024 32 51%37%12%75% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 21 Feb 2024 32 53%33%14%82% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 14 Jul 2023 31 56%30%14%80% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 23 Jan 2023 29 61%29%10%79% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 2 Sep 2022 27 63%27%10%89% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 32 56%29%15%89% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 31 Jan 2022 34 51%32%17%89% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 42 39%36%25%88% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 48 29%37%34%90% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 38 43%36%20%85% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 19 Aug 2019 44 35%37%28%86% 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.