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Matthew Clark Bibendum Limited

Registered as MATTHEW CLARK BIBENDUM LIMITED. Company number 02550982. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 22 September 2026.

50days 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, Matthew Clark Bibendum Limited reported that it took an average of 50 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 20% of invoices within 30 days, 59% in 31 to 60 days and 21% after more than 60 days. It said 35% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 16% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 49 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 95 Feb 2021 63 Aug 2021 70 Feb 2022 58 Aug 2022 55 Feb 2023 59 Aug 2023 89 Feb 2024 75 Aug 2024 60 Feb 2025 49 Aug 2025 54 Feb 2026 50 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 22 Sep 2026 50 20%59%21%35% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 30 Mar 2026 54 20%60%20%40% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 26 Sep 2025 49 23%60%17%33% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 27 Mar 2025 60 16%59%25%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 75 17%48%35%56% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 28 Mar 2024 89 20%47%33%55% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 59 19%52%29%55% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 29 Mar 2023 55 12%71%17%28% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 29 Sep 2022 58 12%69%18%34% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 4 Apr 2022 70 12%48%39%54% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 29 Sep 2021 63 13%60%27%49% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 95 7%56%37%51% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 29 Sep 2020 92 7%47%46%75% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 64 12%68%20%36% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 65 18%64%18%34% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 102 13%40%47%60% Report
May to Oct 2017 30 Nov 2017 59 12%58%30%62% 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.