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Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited

Registered as HARLOW AGRICULTURAL MERCHANTS LIMITED. Company number 01520770. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 1 September 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 74% of invoices within 30 days, 18% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 17% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 30 days, so it is 4 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 30 Jan 2021 30 Jul 2021 31 Jan 2022 29 Jul 2022 31 Jan 2023 30 Jul 2023 31 Jan 2024 32 Jul 2024 30 Jan 2025 30 Jul 2025 32 Jan 2026 34 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 1 Sep 2026 34 74%18%8%17% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 4 Mar 2026 32 70%21%9%16% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 10 Sep 2025 30 73%21%6%51% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 3 Mar 2025 30 77%15%8%21% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 3 Sep 2024 32 81%12%7%24% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 1 Mar 2024 31 77%14%9%23% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 30 Aug 2023 30 81%13%6%23% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 2 Mar 2023 31 75%19%6%22% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 30 Aug 2022 29 81%14%5%19% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 2 Mar 2022 31 68%25%7%27% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 6 Sep 2021 30 79%13%8%19% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 2 Mar 2021 30 74%21%5%26% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 28 Aug 2020 30 70%25%5%27% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 29 Feb 2020 36 53%37%10%55% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 30 Aug 2019 37 39%53%8%57% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 1 Mar 2019 37 42%49%9%62% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 30 Aug 2018 43 44%43%13%67% 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.