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The Book Depository Limited

Registered as THE BOOK DEPOSITORY LIMITED. Company number 05124926. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2024, filed 30 July 2024.

136days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2024, The Book Depository Limited reported that it took an average of 136 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 27% after more than 60 days. It said 0% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2023, the average was 61 days, so it is 75 days slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Dec 2018 51 Jun 2019 55 Dec 2019 60 Jun 2020 58 Dec 2020 58 Jun 2021 60 Dec 2021 57 Jun 2022 56 Dec 2022 61 Jun 2023 169 Dec 2023 136 Jun 2024

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 2024 30 Jul 2024 136 60%13%27%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 169 45%5%50%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 61 29%39%32%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 56 29%40%31%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 57 33%35%32%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 60 28%40%32%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 58 27%32%41%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 58 25%44%31%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 60 20%41%39%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 55 32%46%22%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 51 32%52%16%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 51 33%57%10%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 48 28%60%12%22% 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.