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Prudential Distribution Limited

Registered as PRUDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED. Company number SC212640. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

34days 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, Prudential Distribution Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 75% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% 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 33 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 42 Jun 2021 51 Dec 2021 51 Jun 2022 50 Dec 2022 43 Jun 2023 36 Dec 2023 39 Jun 2024 35 Dec 2024 33 Jun 2025 39 Dec 2025 34 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 17 Jul 2026 34 75%16%9%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 23 Jan 2026 39 77%13%10%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 33 78%14%8%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 21 Jan 2025 35 82%11%7%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 39 72%16%12%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 36 80%11%9%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 43 76%14%10%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 50 72%14%14%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 51 62%22%16%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 51 59%22%19%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 42 63%22%15%42% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 47 67%18%16%35% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 39 59%25%15%49% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 24 Jan 2020 35 86%9%5%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 35 63%24%13%44% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 32 69%20%11%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 30 70%18%12%36% 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.