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The Freedom Group of Companies Ltd.

Registered as THE FREEDOM GROUP OF COMPANIES LTD.. Company number 02867838. 19 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 27 August 2026, filed 25 September 2026.

22days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 28 February 2026 to 27 August 2026, The Freedom Group of Companies Ltd. reported that it took an average of 22 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 64% of invoices within 30 days, 36% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 7% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 75% 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 24 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 5%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Feb 2021 32 Aug 2021 31 Feb 2022 31 Aug 2022 32 Mar 2023 29 Sep 2023 27 Mar 2024 28 Sep 2024 26 Feb 2025 24 Aug 2025 24 Feb 2026 22 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
Feb to Aug 2026 25 Sep 2026 22 64%36%0%7% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 27 Mar 2026 24 59%41%0%7% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 24 59%41%0%6% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 26 Mar 2025 26 54%46%0%7% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 30 Sep 2024 28 48%52%0%11% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 19 Mar 2024 27 50%50%0%11% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 2 Oct 2023 29 46%54%0%11% Report
Aug 2022 to Mar 2023 29 Mar 2023 32 40%60%0%13% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 15 Sep 2022 31 41%59%0%10% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 22 Mar 2022 31 44%56%0%10% Report
Feb to Aug 2021 22 Sep 2021 32 38%62%0%10% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 24 Mar 2021 28 49%50%1%16% Report
Feb to Aug 2020 18 Sep 2020 32 44%49%7%64% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 32 45%49%6%75% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 30 Sep 2019 44 28%53%19%78% Report
Nov 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Mar 2019 43 8%56%36%73% Report
May to Oct 2018 26 Feb 2019 56 6%63%30%73% Report
May 2017 to Apr 2018 31 May 2018 54 8%66%26%72% Report
May to Oct 2017 26 Mar 2018 53 7%68%25%73% 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.