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Chelsea Football Club Limited

Registered as CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED. Company number 01965149. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 6 August 2026.

23days 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, Chelsea Football Club Limited reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 78% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 72% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 13 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 19 Dec 2020 19 Jun 2021 12 Dec 2021 30 Jun 2022 28 Dec 2022 24 Jun 2023 25 Dec 2023 25 Jun 2024 27 Dec 2024 36 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 23 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 6 Aug 2026 23 78%15%7%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 24 Feb 2026 34 70%19%11%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 36 75%8%17%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 27 71%19%10%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 6 Aug 2024 25 75%13%12%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 6 Feb 2024 25 75%12%13%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 12 Jul 2023 24 77%16%7%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 28 69%21%10%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 26 Jul 2022 30 63%24%13%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 12 87%12%1%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 26 Jul 2021 19 82%15%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 1 Feb 2021 19 79%18%2%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 21 86%9%5%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 4 Feb 2020 20 85%12%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 6 Aug 2019 18 87%10%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 13 May 2019 18 81%18%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 13 May 2019 18 83%16%1%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 13 May 2019 18 79%20%1%3% 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.