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Car Shops Limited

Registered as CAR SHOPS LIMITED. Company number 05331512. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

29days 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, Car Shops Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 57% of invoices within 30 days, 39% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% 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 35 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Dec 2020 28 Jun 2021 27 Dec 2021 30 Jun 2022 28 Dec 2022 27 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 28 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 35 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 29 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 31 Jul 2026 29 57%39%4%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 30 56%40%4%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 1 Aug 2025 35 44%47%9%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 37 48%38%14%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 28 57%39%4%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 27 62%35%3%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 27 61%36%3%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 28 58%37%5%43% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 30 56%39%5%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 27 63%33%4%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 23 Jul 2021 28 62%34%4%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 30 Jan 2021 24 73%24%3%39% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 28 60%37%3%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 25 67%29%4%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 29 55%37%8%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 28 77%20%3%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 28 98%1%1%2% 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.