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Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UK Limited

Registered as FOX'S BURTON'S COMPANIES (FBC) UK LIMITED. Company number 02086754. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 29 September 2026.

74days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UK Limited reported that it took an average of 74 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 7% of invoices within 30 days, 22% in 31 to 60 days and 71% after more than 60 days. It said 58% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% 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 31 August 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 67 Dec 2020 66 Jun 2021 66 Dec 2021 68 Aug 2022 65 Feb 2023 63 Aug 2023 65 Feb 2024 76 Aug 2024 75 Feb 2025 74 Aug 2025 75 Feb 2026 74 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 29 Sep 2026 74 7%22%71%58% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 75 6%22%72%57% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 29 Sep 2025 74 7%24%69%40% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 24 Apr 2025 75 6%22%72%52% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 8 Oct 2024 76 4%22%74%56% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 18 Mar 2024 65 15%29%56%53% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 22 Sep 2023 63 17%30%53%60% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 20 Mar 2023 65 15%27%58%77% Report
Dec 2021 to Aug 2022 22 Sep 2022 68 12%26%62%63% Report
Jun to Dec 2021 13 Jan 2022 66 13%29%58%59% Report
Dec 2020 to Jun 2021 16 Jul 2021 66 14%27%59%59% Report
Jun to Dec 2020 24 Jan 2021 67 13%26%61%60% Report
Dec 2019 to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 67 14%24%62%60% Report
Jun to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 67 15%22%63%52% Report
Dec 2018 to Jun 2019 26 Jul 2019 65 19%20%61%54% Report
Jun to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 69 9%26%66%57% Report
Dec 2017 to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 68 7%27%66%61% 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.