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British Sugar PLC

Registered as BRITISH SUGAR PLC. Company number 00315158. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, British Sugar PLC reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 49% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 14% 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 August 2025, the average was 33 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 34 Feb 2021 34 Aug 2021 29 Feb 2022 31 Aug 2022 31 Feb 2023 31 Aug 2023 31 Feb 2024 33 Aug 2024 32 Feb 2025 33 Aug 2025 33 Feb 2026 34 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
Mar to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 34 49%48%3%14% Report
Aug 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 33 59%38%3%10% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 33 56%41%3%6% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 3 Apr 2025 32 61%35%4%8% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 1 Oct 2024 33 58%40%2%6% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 31 63%35%2%5% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 22 Sep 2023 31 61%38%1%4% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 21 Mar 2023 31 65%33%2%5% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 27 Sep 2022 31 63%35%2%5% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 29 Mar 2022 29 69%29%2%10% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 34 48%51%1%8% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 15 Mar 2021 34 47%52%1%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 24 Sep 2020 36 42%57%1%6% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 25 Mar 2020 37 48%45%7%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 17 Sep 2019 41 43%32%25%9% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 11 Apr 2019 45 44%30%26%20% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 12 Oct 2018 55 24%42%34%16% Report
Sep 2017 to Mar 2018 11 Apr 2018 50 40%28%32%18% 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.