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The Original Bowling Company Limited

Registered as THE ORIGINAL BOWLING COMPANY LIMITED. Company number 05163827. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, The Original Bowling Company Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 25% of invoices within 30 days, 74% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 41% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 29% 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 30 September 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Mar 2021 35 Sep 2021 35 Mar 2022 36 Sep 2022 36 Mar 2023 36 Sep 2023 37 Mar 2024 36 Sep 2024 39 Mar 2025 40 Sep 2025 39 Mar 2026 40 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
Apr to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 40 25%74%1%41% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 39 26%73%1%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 40 24%75%1%35% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 39 27%72%1%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 36 25%73%2%34% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 22 Apr 2024 37 36%61%3%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 24 Oct 2023 36 37%60%3%31% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 36 39%58%3%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 17 Oct 2022 36 36%61%3%29% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 28 Apr 2022 35 43%54%3%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 19 Oct 2021 35 44%55%1%26% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 33 47%51%2%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 12 Oct 2020 36 52%39%9%37% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 7 Apr 2020 36 34%65%1%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 7 Oct 2019 37 31%68%1%33% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 4 Apr 2019 40 26%70%4%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 39 27%71%2%76% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 5 Apr 2018 43 23%73%5%83% 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.