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AB World Foods Limited

Registered as AB WORLD FOODS LIMITED. Company number 01400901. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 29 August 2026, filed 25 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 29 August 2026, AB World Foods Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 39% of invoices within 30 days, 59% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 10% 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 30 August 2025, the average was 44 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 50 Feb 2021 50 Aug 2021 46 Feb 2022 48 Aug 2022 48 Feb 2023 47 Aug 2023 48 Feb 2024 46 Aug 2024 30 Mar 2025 44 Aug 2025 37 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 25 Sep 2026 38 39%59%2%10% Report
Aug 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 37 43%54%3%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 44 36%60%4%16% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Mar 2025 30 56%42%2%14% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 27 Sep 2024 46 32%61%7%15% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 13 Mar 2024 48 34%59%7%13% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 11 Sep 2023 47 35%58%7%12% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 27 Mar 2023 48 35%56%10%16% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 26 Sep 2022 48 33%56%11%21% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 28 Mar 2022 46 32%58%10%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 25 Nov 2021 50 25%64%11%18% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 19 Mar 2021 50 25%65%10%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 49 23%68%9%16% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 14 Apr 2020 51 19%67%14%19% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 10 Oct 2019 52 23%54%23%39% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 2 Apr 2019 52 23%53%24%30% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 10 Oct 2018 54 17%58%25%44% Report
Sep 2017 to Mar 2018 5 Apr 2018 54 18%44%38%63% 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.