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Brown-Forman Beverages, Europe, Ltd

Registered as BROWN-FORMAN BEVERAGES, EUROPE, LTD. Company number 04129810. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 29 May 2026.

59days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Brown-Forman Beverages, Europe, Ltd reported that it took an average of 59 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 39% of invoices within 30 days, 27% in 31 to 60 days and 34% after more than 60 days. It said 48% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 8% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 61 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Oct 2020 29 Apr 2021 31 Oct 2021 27 Apr 2022 28 Oct 2022 26 Apr 2023 23 Oct 2023 28 Apr 2024 22 Oct 2024 61 Apr 2025 50 Oct 2025 59 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 29 May 2026 59 39%27%34%48% Report
May to Oct 2025 27 Nov 2025 50 40%35%25%50% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 27 May 2025 61 39%30%31%31% Report
May to Oct 2024 25 Nov 2024 22 76%24%0%0% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 24 May 2024 28 64%35%1%1% Report
May to Oct 2023 29 Nov 2023 23 68%31%1%1% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 26 65%34%1%1% Report
May to Oct 2022 29 Nov 2022 28 60%40%0%2% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 27 May 2022 27 60%39%1%2% Report
May to Oct 2021 22 Nov 2021 31 53%46%1%3% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 26 May 2021 29 55%43%2%2% Report
May to Oct 2020 25 Nov 2020 28 57%43%0%0% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 28 May 2020 29 58%41%1%1% Report
May to Oct 2019 27 Nov 2019 34 53%46%1%2% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 30 May 2019 32 56%43%1%3% Report
May to Oct 2018 15 Nov 2018 30 59%40%1%1% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 29 May 2018 45 31%68%1%2% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 42 38%61%1%2% 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.