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Archer (UK) Limited

Registered as ARCHER (UK) LIMITED. Company number SC229291. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 July 2026.

49days 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, Archer (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 49 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 5% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 37% after more than 60 days. It said 98% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 17% 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 47 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 0 Dec 2020 0 Jun 2021 0 Dec 2021 0 Jun 2022 0 Dec 2022 0 Jun 2023 0 Dec 2023 36 Jun 2024 44 Dec 2024 47 Jun 2025 49 Dec 2025 49 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 13 Jul 2026 49 5%58%37%98% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 20 Jan 2026 49 5%61%34%97% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 14 Jul 2025 47 3%65%32%97% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 17 Jan 2025 44 6%72%22%97% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 36 9%88%3%95% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 0 0%0%0%84% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 0 0%0%0%90% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 13 Jan 2023 0 0%0%0%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 13 Jul 2022 0 0%0%0%58% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Jan 2022 0 0%0%0%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Jul 2021 0 0%0%0%58% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 21 Jan 2021 0 0%0%0%53% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 14 Jul 2020 0 0%0%0%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 33 22%77%1%81% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 18 Jan 2019 33 25%74%1%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 33 25%73%2%77% 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.