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Consumers' Association

Registered as CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION. Company number 00580128. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

19days 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, Consumers' Association reported that it took an average of 19 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 95% of invoices within 30 days, 5% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 14% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 82% 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 14 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 23 Dec 2020 19 Jun 2021 17 Dec 2021 14 Jun 2022 16 Dec 2022 17 Jun 2023 18 Dec 2023 17 Jun 2024 17 Dec 2024 14 Jun 2025 24 Dec 2025 19 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 21 Jul 2026 19 95%5%0%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 24 94%4%2%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 14 99%1%0%31% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 17 97%3%0%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 17 97%3%0%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 18 97%3%0%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 17 98%2%0%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 16 98%2%0%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 14 99%1%0%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 Jan 2022 17 99%1%0%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 19 97%3%0%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 23 99%1%0%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 17 98%2%0%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 18 98%2%0%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 16 98%2%0%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 17 98%2%0%20% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 14 98%1%1%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 25 Jan 2018 12 99%1%0%32% 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.