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Cater Allen Limited

Registered as CATER ALLEN LIMITED. Company number 00383032. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2025, filed 7 August 2025.

15days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, Cater Allen Limited reported that it took an average of 15 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 87% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 89% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2024, the average was 13 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 14 Dec 2019 12 Jun 2020 15 Dec 2020 21 Jun 2021 13 Dec 2021 22 Jun 2022 21 Dec 2022 21 Jun 2023 15 Dec 2023 13 Jun 2024 10 Dec 2024 15 Jun 2025

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 2025 7 Aug 2025 15 87%4%9%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 6 Feb 2025 10 95%5%0%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 9 Oct 2024 13 88%10%2%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 15 90%7%3%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 18 Aug 2023 21 76%17%7%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 16 Feb 2023 21 78%12%10%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 2 Aug 2022 22 82%9%9%82% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 9 Feb 2022 13 93%3%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 2 Aug 2021 21 84%6%10%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 8 Feb 2021 15 81%19%0%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 12 89%12%0%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 14 100%0%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 28 94%3%3%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 1 Feb 2019 29 88%7%6%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 21 93%7%0%7% 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.