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Kettle Foods Ltd.

Registered as KETTLE FOODS LTD.. Company number 02238320. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 16 October 2026.

68days 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, Kettle Foods Ltd. reported that it took an average of 68 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 6% of invoices within 30 days, 35% in 31 to 60 days and 59% after more than 60 days. It said 83% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 4% 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 55 days, so it is 13 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 52 Mar 2021 71 Sep 2021 72 Mar 2022 57 Sep 2022 58 Mar 2023 57 Sep 2023 55 Mar 2024 53 Sep 2024 53 Mar 2025 55 Sep 2025 63 Mar 2026 68 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 68 6%35%59%83% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 1 May 2026 63 9%39%52%79% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 3 Nov 2025 55 26%35%39%25% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 1 May 2025 53 32%38%30%22% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 53 36%38%26%33% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 3 May 2024 55 35%37%28%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 57 27%34%39%51% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 58 22%35%43%52% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 31 Oct 2022 57 30%36%34%44% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 16 May 2022 72 36%36%29%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 25 Oct 2021 71 30%27%43%44% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 52 36%28%37%15% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 46 36%43%21%17% Report
Jul 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 43 44%40%16%21% Report
Jan to Jul 2019 27 Aug 2019 46 39%44%17%26% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 1 Mar 2019 49 20%56%24%61% Report
Jan to Jul 2018 23 Aug 2018 54 19%56%25%85% 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.