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Donaldson Timber Engineering Limited

Registered as DONALDSON TIMBER ENGINEERING LIMITED. Company number SC099182. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 2 November 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, Donaldson Timber Engineering Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 24% after more than 60 days. It said 34% 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. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 43 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 39 Mar 2021 41 Sep 2021 40 Mar 2022 42 Sep 2022 38 Mar 2023 39 Sep 2023 41 Mar 2024 44 Sep 2024 42 Mar 2025 43 Sep 2025 42 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 2 Nov 2026 40 20%56%24%34% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 26 May 2026 42 29%54%17%43% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 26 May 2026 43 26%56%18%41% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 26 May 2026 42 33%51%16%34% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 20 Feb 2025 44 26%54%20%34% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 20 Feb 2025 41 34%53%13%30% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 20 Feb 2025 39 32%63%5%26% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 19 Sep 2023 38 34%61%5%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 10 Mar 2023 42 27%63%10%25% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 10 Mar 2023 40 30%62%8%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Jan 2022 41 26%68%8%6% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 39 29%63%8%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 31 Oct 2020 36 38%56%6%7% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 2 May 2020 34 46%49%5%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 23 Oct 2019 35 36%60%4%4% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 22 Apr 2019 35 42%54%4%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 36 40%55%5%4% 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.