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J. & P. Coats, Limited

Registered as J. & P. COATS, LIMITED. Company number SC002042. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

36days 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, J. & P. Coats, Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 61% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 31% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 41 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 51 Dec 2020 43 Jun 2021 45 Dec 2021 44 Jun 2022 43 Dec 2022 43 Jun 2023 43 Dec 2023 41 Jun 2024 41 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 35 Dec 2025 36 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 30 Jul 2026 36 61%30%9%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 35 63%30%7%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 41 54%34%12%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 41 58%31%11%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 41 55%30%15%37% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 43 46%40%14%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 43 50%35%15%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 43 54%29%17%41% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 44 52%32%16%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 45 59%29%12%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 43 52%31%17%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 51 45%33%22%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 48 43%35%21%54% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 48 49%30%21%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 49 52%31%17%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 49 50%30%20%54% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 47 47%35%18%57% 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.