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Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company

Registered as COMPASS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY. Company number 02090126. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

23days 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, Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company reported that it took an average of 23 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 90% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 11% 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 September 2025, the average was 22 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Mar 2021 28 Sep 2021 23 Mar 2022 25 Sep 2022 22 Mar 2023 27 Sep 2023 23 Mar 2024 22 Sep 2024 23 Mar 2025 22 Sep 2025 23 Mar 2026 23 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 27 Oct 2026 23 90%8%2%11% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 23 87%11%2%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 22 88%10%2%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 30 Apr 2025 23 89%9%2%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 22 91%8%1%9% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 23 87%10%3%15% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 30 Oct 2023 27 88%6%6%13% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 27 Apr 2023 22 91%8%1%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 25 87%10%3%18% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 23 87%11%2%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 25 Oct 2021 28 84%10%6%19% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 28 85%9%6%17% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 27 82%10%8%19% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 23 88%9%3%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 30 Oct 2019 29 73%20%7%23% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 28 69%25%6%29% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 25 75%21%4%22% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 26 Apr 2018 28 79%14%7%24% 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.