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Whitbread Group PLC

Registered as WHITBREAD GROUP PLC. Company number 00029423. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 27 August 2026, filed 17 September 2026.

38days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 27 February 2026 to 27 August 2026, Whitbread Group PLC reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 37% of invoices within 30 days, 61% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 28 August 2025, the average was 40 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Feb 2021 35 Aug 2021 38 Feb 2022 40 Aug 2022 38 Feb 2023 39 Aug 2023 38 Feb 2024 36 Aug 2024 37 Feb 2025 40 Aug 2025 41 Feb 2026 38 Aug 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
Feb to Aug 2026 17 Sep 2026 38 37%61%2%4% Report
Aug 2025 to Feb 2026 20 Mar 2026 41 30%67%3%5% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 23 Sep 2025 40 32%67%1%5% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 20 Mar 2025 37 36%62%2%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 36 36%62%2%4% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 38 35%62%3%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 8 Sep 2023 39 36%61%3%5% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 28 Mar 2023 38 37%59%4%6% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 20 Sep 2022 40 34%62%4%9% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 22 Mar 2022 38 38%59%3%8% Report
Feb to Aug 2021 17 Sep 2021 35 42%56%2%5% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 12 Mar 2021 33 44%54%2%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 11 Sep 2020 34 45%52%3%5% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 25 Mar 2020 36 40%58%2%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 35 38%60%2%5% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 28 Mar 2019 35 41%56%3%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 27 Sep 2018 35 39%58%3%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.