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Dairy Crest Limited

Registered as DAIRY CREST LIMITED. Company number 02085882. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 16 October 2026.

47days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Dairy Crest Limited reported that it took an average of 47 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 26% of invoices within 30 days, 54% in 31 to 60 days and 20% after more than 60 days. It said 32% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 19% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 48 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 49 Mar 2021 43 Sep 2021 47 Mar 2022 50 Sep 2022 50 Mar 2023 51 Sep 2023 49 Mar 2024 49 Sep 2024 49 Mar 2025 48 Sep 2025 49 Mar 2026 47 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 16 Oct 2026 47 26%54%20%32% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 49 25%52%23%36% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 17 Oct 2025 48 30%49%21%34% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 49 27%50%23%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 29 Oct 2024 49 26%51%23%37% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 49 29%49%21%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 51 29%47%24%40% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 50 32%50%18%32% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 50 27%55%18%30% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 47 36%50%14%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 43 41%48%11%23% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 3 May 2021 49 34%49%17%28% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 48 35%49%16%26% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 52 34%45%21%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 54 29%46%25%29% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 52 35%43%23%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 60 15%43%42%90% 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.