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Sodexo Limited

Registered as SODEXO LIMITED. Company number 00842846. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 23 September 2026.

38days 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, Sodexo Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 48% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 6% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 33 days, so it is 5 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Feb 2021 38 Aug 2021 36 Feb 2022 37 Aug 2022 36 Feb 2023 34 Aug 2023 32 Feb 2024 33 Aug 2024 33 Feb 2025 33 Aug 2025 38 Feb 2026 38 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 23 Sep 2026 38 48%47%5%6% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 38 49%46%5%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 33 50%48%2%4% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 33 50%47%3%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 26 Sep 2024 33 52%46%2%4% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 26 Mar 2024 32 52%44%4%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 27 Sep 2023 34 48%49%3%4% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 36 45%49%6%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 37 43%53%4%5% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 36 43%53%4%5% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 38 43%53%4%6% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 47 38%57%5%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 46 26%71%3%4% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 31 Mar 2020 50 34%41%25%11% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 58 16%34%50%8% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 71 18%14%68%18% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 67 20%20%60%14% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 64 22%20%58%19% 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.