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Unilever U.K. Central Resources Limited

Registered as UNILEVER U.K. CENTRAL RESOURCES LIMITED. Company number 00029140. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

74days 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, Unilever U.K. Central Resources Limited reported that it took an average of 74 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 22% of invoices within 30 days, 11% in 31 to 60 days and 67% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% 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 69 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 66 Dec 2020 66 Jun 2021 65 Dec 2021 67 Jun 2022 66 Dec 2022 67 Jun 2023 66 Dec 2023 68 Jun 2024 67 Dec 2024 69 Jun 2025 68 Dec 2025 74 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 74 22%11%67%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 68 28%11%61%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 69 26%11%63%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 67 30%11%59%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 68 28%11%61%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 66 31%12%57%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 67 28%11%60%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 66 29%11%59%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 67 28%13%59%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 1 Feb 2022 65 30%15%55%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 66 27%19%54%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 66 27%18%55%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 66 26%19%55%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 61 32%22%46%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 63 28%23%49%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 62 30%23%46%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 62 30%24%46%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.