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William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited

Registered as WILLIAM GRANT & SONS DISTILLERS LIMITED. Company number SC134248. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

63days 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, William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited reported that it took an average of 63 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 14% of invoices within 30 days, 66% in 31 to 60 days and 20% after more than 60 days. It said 30% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 6% 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 54 days, so it is 9 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 50 Dec 2020 51 Jun 2021 52 Dec 2021 54 Jun 2022 50 Dec 2022 59 Jun 2023 63 Dec 2023 56 Jun 2024 55 Dec 2024 54 Jun 2025 52 Dec 2025 63 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 63 14%66%20%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 52 13%76%11%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 54 14%75%11%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 55 15%73%12%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 56 17%68%16%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Feb 2024 63 12%65%23%88% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 59 19%54%27%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 50 19%66%14%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 54 11%73%16%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 52 14%72%14%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 51 17%72%11%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 50 15%73%12%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 54 13%73%14%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 53 12%75%13%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 51 14%73%13%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 53 11%75%13%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 53 16%71%13%27% 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.