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Caterpillar (U.K.) Limited

Registered as CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED. Company number 00484783. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 29 July 2026.

59days 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, Caterpillar (U.K.) Limited reported that it took an average of 59 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 9% of invoices within 30 days, 40% in 31 to 60 days and 51% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 8% 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 57 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 56 Dec 2020 59 Jun 2021 62 Dec 2021 64 Jun 2022 60 Dec 2022 67 Jun 2023 55 Dec 2023 56 Jun 2024 56 Dec 2024 57 Jun 2025 55 Dec 2025 59 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 29 Jul 2026 59 9%40%51%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 55 14%55%31%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 57 5%68%27%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 56 4%72%24%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 56 5%69%26%30% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 55 7%71%22%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 67 9%70%21%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 60 6%67%27%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 64 5%63%32%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 26 Jan 2022 62 4%68%28%34% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 59 5%61%35%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 56 11%68%21%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 54 14%66%20%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 51 21%64%15%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 50 22%74%4%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 47 28%59%12%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 47 27%58%15%22% 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.