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Arla Foods Limited

Registered as ARLA FOODS LIMITED. Company number 02143253. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 14 July 2026.

55days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Arla Foods Limited reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 27% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 48% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 54 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 54 Dec 2020 54 Jun 2021 55 Dec 2021 55 Jun 2022 48 Dec 2022 54 Jun 2023 54 Dec 2023 52 Jun 2024 52 Dec 2024 54 Jun 2025 54 Dec 2025 55 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 14 Jul 2026 55 27%47%26%48% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 54 24%47%29%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 54 25%45%30%56% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 7 Feb 2025 52 29%45%26%52% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 52 30%45%25%63% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 20 Mar 2024 54 30%45%25%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 19 Jul 2023 54 26%46%28%58% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 48 26%46%28%56% Report
Jun to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 55 24%48%28%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 14 Feb 2022 55 27%44%29%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 23 Aug 2021 54 26%46%28%57% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 54 26%47%27%55% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 53 26%46%28%55% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 53 25%49%27%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 52 27%47%26%59% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 53 26%48%26%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 26 Jul 2018 57 15%29%56%78% 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.