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Costa Express Limited

Registered as COSTA EXPRESS LIMITED. Company number 03145187. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 13 July 2026.

67days 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, Costa Express Limited reported that it took an average of 67 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 33% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 44% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 5% 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 65 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Dec 2020 34 Jul 2021 58 Dec 2021 64 Jun 2022 61 Dec 2022 63 Jun 2023 63 Dec 2023 57 Jun 2024 60 Dec 2024 65 Jun 2025 64 Dec 2025 67 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 13 Jul 2026 67 33%23%44%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 27 Jan 2026 64 36%21%43%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 23 Jul 2025 65 32%25%43%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 10 Jan 2025 60 41%23%36%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 16 Jul 2024 57 39%27%34%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 12 Jan 2024 63 41%24%35%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 10 Jul 2023 63 40%21%39%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 5 Jan 2023 61 43%23%34%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 22 Jul 2022 64 32%36%32%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 58 29%35%36%38% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 28 Jul 2021 34 51%44%5%19% Report
Jun to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 35 54%43%3%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 32 58%38%4%9% Report
Sep to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 33 56%39%5%12% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 30 Sep 2019 32 57%42%1%7% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 29 Mar 2019 31 60%38%2%8% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 30 64%31%5%13% 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.