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Danish Crown UK Limited

Registered as DANISH CROWN UK LIMITED. Company number 02021233. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 March 2026, filed 24 April 2026.

41days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, Danish Crown UK Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 53% of invoices within 30 days, 25% in 31 to 60 days and 22% after more than 60 days. It said 19% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 March 2025, the average was 40 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Mar 2020 37 Sep 2020 40 Mar 2021 37 Sep 2021 39 Mar 2022 42 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 44 Sep 2023 28 Mar 2024 40 Mar 2025 41 Sep 2025 41 Mar 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
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 24 Apr 2026 41 53%25%22%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 20 Oct 2025 41 47%25%28%24% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 40 48%25%27%18% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 29 Apr 2024 28 76%12%12%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 11 Jan 2024 44 69%11%20%14% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 20 Apr 2023 37 74%12%14%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 42 74%11%15%17% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 3 May 2022 39 70%16%14%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Apr 2022 37 74%13%13%18% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2022 40 68%16%16%23% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Apr 2022 37 75%9%16%14% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 26 Apr 2022 41 66%21%13%26% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 26 Apr 2022 38 67%22%11%25% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2022 41 59%32%9%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Apr 2022 36 72%22%6%17% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 26 Apr 2022 38 70%22%8%18% 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.