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Costa Limited

Registered as COSTA LIMITED. Company number 01270695. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 July 2026.

98days 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, Costa Limited reported that it took an average of 98 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 9% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 85% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 1% 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 80 days, so it is 18 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Dec 2020 48 Jul 2021 53 Dec 2021 54 Jun 2022 55 Dec 2022 56 Jun 2023 57 Dec 2023 55 Jun 2024 76 Dec 2024 80 Jun 2025 93 Dec 2025 98 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 13 Jul 2026 98 9%6%85%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 93 11%9%80%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 80 12%7%81%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 10 Jan 2025 76 11%7%82%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 16 Jul 2024 55 15%65%20%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Jan 2024 57 10%73%17%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 10 Jul 2023 56 10%76%14%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 5 Jan 2023 55 10%77%13%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 22 Jul 2022 54 10%81%9%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 53 8%86%6%6% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 28 Jul 2021 48 13%85%2%3% Report
Jun to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 49 15%84%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 47 18%81%1%3% Report
Sep to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 48 15%84%1%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 48 16%83%1%1% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 50 12%87%1%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 54 11%46%43%45% 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.