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Abel & Cole Limited

Registered as ABEL & COLE LIMITED. Company number 03926343. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 25 April 2026, filed 22 May 2026.

33days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 26 October 2025 to 25 April 2026, Abel & Cole Limited reported that it took an average of 33 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 54% of invoices within 30 days, 41% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 38% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 44% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 26 April 2025, the average was 31 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 17 Oct 2020 18 Apr 2021 21 Oct 2021 19 Apr 2022 18 Oct 2022 19 Apr 2023 23 Oct 2023 22 Apr 2024 25 Oct 2024 31 Apr 2025 33 Oct 2025 33 Apr 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
Oct 2025 to Apr 2026 22 May 2026 33 54%41%5%38% Report
Apr to Oct 2025 21 Nov 2025 33 54%41%5%38% Report
Oct 2024 to Apr 2025 30 May 2025 31 55%43%2%38% Report
Apr to Oct 2024 20 Nov 2024 25 68%30%2%22% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 24 May 2024 22 74%25%1%20% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 24 Nov 2023 23 73%25%2%22% Report
Oct 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 19 82%16%2%19% Report
May to Oct 2022 30 Nov 2022 18 86%12%2%18% Report
Oct 2021 to Apr 2022 23 May 2022 19 84%12%4%23% Report
Apr to Oct 2021 12 Nov 2021 21 81%17%2%25% Report
Oct 2020 to Apr 2021 21 May 2021 18 87%13%0%36% Report
Apr to Oct 2020 22 Dec 2020 17 85%15%0%42% Report
Oct 2019 to Apr 2020 22 Dec 2020 22 77%22%1%44% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 22 Dec 2020 27 71%28%1%40% Report
Oct 2018 to Apr 2019 27 May 2019 25 78%22%0%40% Report
Apr to Oct 2018 26 Nov 2018 26 67%32%1%60% Report
Oct 2017 to Apr 2018 26 Nov 2018 28 54%45%1%75% Report
Apr to Oct 2017 26 Nov 2018 29 52%47%1%75% 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.