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Direct Table Foods Limited

Registered as DIRECT TABLE FOODS LIMITED. Company number 01816960. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

34days 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, Direct Table Foods Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 43% of invoices within 30 days, 51% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 80% 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. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Dec 2020 39 Jun 2021 34 Dec 2021 43 Jun 2022 41 Dec 2022 40 Jun 2023 34 Dec 2023 33 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 34 Jun 2025 32 Dec 2025 34 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 31 Jul 2026 34 43%51%6%80% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 22 Apr 2026 32 48%46%6%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 22 Jul 2025 34 44%49%7%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 32 49%43%8%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 33 48%44%8%59% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 5 Feb 2024 34 46%48%7%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 40 33%55%12%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 41 38%47%15%93% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 7 Dec 2022 43 29%56%15%87% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 7 Dec 2022 34 47%46%7%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Sep 2021 39 52%44%4%72% Report
Aug to Dec 2020 30 Sep 2021 40 54%43%3%73% Report
Jan to Jul 2020 30 Sep 2021 37 52%44%4%72% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 13 Oct 2020 37 48%50%2%66% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Sep 2021 37 50%47%3%71% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 1 Aug 2019 35 47%50%3%68% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 27 Jun 2019 36 46%51%3%74% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 38 41%54%5%79% 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.