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Busy Bees Nurseries Limited

Registered as BUSY BEES NURSERIES LIMITED. Company number 03454787. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 21 July 2026.

44days 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, Busy Bees Nurseries Limited reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 43% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 16% after more than 60 days. It said 39% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% 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 40 days, so it is 4 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Dec 2020 56 Jun 2021 58 Dec 2021 55 Jun 2022 69 Dec 2022 47 Jun 2023 46 Dec 2023 41 Jun 2024 44 Dec 2024 40 Jun 2025 41 Dec 2025 44 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 21 Jul 2026 44 43%41%16%39% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 41 46%41%13%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 40 51%39%10%32% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 44 33%52%15%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 24 Jul 2024 41 36%51%13%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 46 31%56%13%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 9 Aug 2023 47 30%55%15%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 10 Feb 2023 69 22%54%24%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 4 Aug 2022 55 24%53%23%33% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 4 Feb 2022 58 6%71%23%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 56 6%78%16%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 30 Jan 2021 55 2%77%21%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 58 4%70%26%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 54 10%64%26%31% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 2 Aug 2019 60 14%56%30%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 64 17%48%35%65% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 60 16%52%32%46% 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.