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Cross Manufacturing Company (1938) Limited

Registered as CROSS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1938) LIMITED. Company number 00342798. 13 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

33days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Cross Manufacturing Company (1938) Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 32 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Mar 2021 30 Sep 2021 29 Mar 2022 33 Sep 2022 32 Mar 2023 34 Sep 2023 31 Mar 2024 32 Sep 2024 38 Mar 2025 32 Sep 2025 33 Mar 2026 33 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 28 Oct 2026 33 60%35%5%14% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 33 58%39%3%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 20 Oct 2025 32 62%34%4%13% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 17 Apr 2025 38 57%39%4%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 32 61%35%4%11% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 31 63%33%4%12% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 34 66%30%4%14% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 32 65%32%3%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 6 Oct 2022 33 67%30%3%16% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 22 Apr 2022 29 67%30%3%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 30 66%31%3%20% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 32 48%49%3%47% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Apr 2021 37 38%57%6%64% 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.