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Cargill PLC

Registered as CARGILL PLC. Company number 01387437. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 May 2026, filed 17 July 2026.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 December 2025 to 31 May 2026, Cargill PLC reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 32% after more than 60 days. It said 50% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 29% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 31 May 2025). It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 33 Nov 2020 32 May 2021 34 Nov 2021 36 May 2022 33 Nov 2022 34 May 2023 55 Nov 2023 42 May 2024 45 Nov 2024 40 May 2025 40 Nov 2025 40 May 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
Dec 2025 to May 2026 17 Jul 2026 40 20%48%32%50% Report
Jun to Nov 2025 23 Dec 2025 40 22%48%30%31% Report
Dec 2024 to May 2025 20 Jun 2025 40 22%47%31%29% Report
Jun to Nov 2024 27 Dec 2024 45 43%32%25%27% Report
Dec 2023 to May 2024 18 Jun 2024 42 24%40%36%23% Report
Jun to Nov 2023 22 Dec 2023 55 48%30%23%16% Report
Dec 2022 to May 2023 26 Jun 2023 34 69%23%8%11% Report
Jun to Nov 2022 23 Dec 2022 33 70%22%9%14% Report
Dec 2021 to May 2022 30 Jun 2022 36 60%29%10%20% Report
Jun to Nov 2021 23 Dec 2021 34 68%27%6%11% Report
Dec 2020 to May 2021 30 Jun 2021 32 73%20%6%11% Report
Jun to Nov 2020 28 Dec 2020 33 74%19%7%12% Report
Dec 2019 to May 2020 30 Jun 2020 29 76%18%6%12% Report
Jun to Nov 2019 20 Dec 2019 29 79%15%6%14% Report
Dec 2018 to May 2019 27 Jun 2019 32 76%17%7%13% Report
Jun to Nov 2018 28 Dec 2018 31 76%18%7%12% Report
Dec 2017 to May 2018 29 Jun 2018 27 81%14%5%9% Report
Jun to Nov 2017 22 Dec 2017 24 79%17%4%9% 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.