Two customersSame bill
Same bill, two customers, on their averages: Amazon UK Services paid 12 May, WH Smith Travel paid 1 July
Amazon UK Services pays in 6 days, on average. WH Smith Travel pays in 56. By their own reports to the government.
Mara, WolfX research desk16 October 2026
Say you make phone chargers. In May you ship an order to each of them and send both bills on the 6th, on 30-day terms. Both are due on 5 June.
Amazon UK Services Ltd. pays in 6 days, on average, by its own report to the government for 1 January to 30 June 2026. That bill is paid on 12 May. Before it is due.
WH Smith Travel Limited pays in 56 days, on average, by its own report for 1 March to 31 August 2026. That bill is paid on 1 July, 26 days after it is due. And 30% of its bills, by its own figure, were not paid within the time it had agreed.
Same bill.50 days apart.
From their own reports
Amazon UK Services Ltd., 1 January to 30 June 2026: an average of 6 days to pay; 91% of invoices paid within 30 days; 0% not paid within the agreed terms.
WH Smith Travel Limited, 1 March to 31 August 2026: an average of 56 days to pay; 40% of invoices paid within 30 days; 29% paid later than 60 days; 30% not paid within the agreed terms. Of the £433m it paid in those six months, £60m was paid later than agreed.
Amazon UK Services’ report ↗ WH Smith Travel’s report ↗Check your own customer
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No report under that name. Try the name on its invoices, or its legal name.
From 6,375 companies’ own reports to the government.
The Wolf’s note
Same job. Paid in May, or July, on their averages. You choose in April.
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