- The 30-day benchmark
- 30 days
- Its shortest standard terms
- 7 days
- Paid within 30 days
- 27%
- Paid in 31 to 60 days
- 36%
- Paid after 60 days
- 37%
- Not paid within agreed terms
- 27%
- Within 30 days
- 31 to 60 days
- Over 60 days
In the reporting period from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, Forest Garden Limited reported that it took an average of 51 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 27% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 37% after more than 60 days. It said 27% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.
That average is faster than 15% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2024, the average was 49 days, so it is 2 days slower now.
Average days to pay, report by report
Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.
Every report filed
| Period | Filed | Average days | Within 30 days | 31 to 60 | Over 60 | Not within terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul to Dec 2025 | 17 Feb 2026 | 51 | 27% | 36% | 37% | 27% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2025 | 23 Jul 2025 | 46 | 32% | 35% | 33% | 21% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2024 | 24 Jan 2025 | 49 | 22% | 51% | 27% | 11% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2024 | 26 Jul 2024 | 47 | 25% | 52% | 23% | 5% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2023 | 6 Feb 2024 | 45 | 22% | 53% | 26% | 4% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 49 | 20% | 53% | 26% | 5% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2022 | 26 Jan 2023 | 50 | 20% | 49% | 31% | 5% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2022 | 27 Jul 2022 | 46 | 24% | 51% | 25% | 4% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2021 | 25 Jan 2022 | 48 | 24% | 49% | 27% | 4% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2021 | 15 Jul 2021 | 49 | 18% | 61% | 22% | 6% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2020 | 22 Jan 2021 | 48 | 17% | 64% | 19% | 5% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2020 | 27 Jul 2020 | 48 | 23% | 54% | 23% | 5% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2019 | 28 Jan 2020 | 52 | 20% | 49% | 31% | 12% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2019 | 25 Jul 2019 | 48 | 14% | 65% | 21% | 4% | Report |
| Jul to Dec 2018 | 29 Jan 2019 | 50 | 11% | 67% | 21% | 7% | Report |
| Jan to Jun 2018 | 26 Jul 2018 | 54 | 16% | 58% | 26% | 6% | 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.