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Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited

Registered as COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED. Company number 02114954. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

41days 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 Contract Services (U.K.) Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 26% of invoices within 30 days, 73% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 8% 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 30 September 2025, the average was 43 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Mar 2021 54 Sep 2021 54 Mar 2022 44 Sep 2022 43 Mar 2023 45 Sep 2023 43 Mar 2024 44 Sep 2024 42 Mar 2025 43 Sep 2025 42 Mar 2026 41 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 29 Oct 2026 41 26%73%1%8% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 42 27%70%3%11% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 43 24%73%3%15% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 42 26%69%5%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 24 Oct 2024 44 24%69%7%18% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 43 23%71%6%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 45 21%71%8%17% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 24 Apr 2023 43 23%72%6%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 44 23%72%5%14% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 54 13%77%10%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 54 10%78%12%16% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 55 7%82%11%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 60 8%75%17%27% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 56 6%75%19%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 46 28%56%16%2% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 45 37%48%15%18% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 47 34%52%15%19% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Apr 2018 46 17%69%14%15% 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.