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Africa Express Line Limited

Registered as AFRICA EXPRESS LINE LIMITED. Company number 04296141. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 December 2024, filed 24 January 2025.

18days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024, Africa Express Line Limited reported that it took an average of 18 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 23% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 29% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 December 2023, the average was 17 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 18 Jun 2019 13 Dec 2019 17 Jun 2020 18 Dec 2020 17 Jun 2021 19 Dec 2021 17 Jun 2022 19 Dec 2022 20 Jun 2023 17 Dec 2023 18 Jun 2024 18 Dec 2024

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
Jul to Dec 2024 24 Jan 2025 18 76%23%1%29% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 12 Jul 2024 18 86%11%3%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 19 Jan 2024 17 82%17%1%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 20 79%19%2%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 26 Jan 2023 19 81%17%3%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 17 83%15%2%29% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 17 Mar 2022 19 77%20%3%30% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 3 Aug 2021 17 87%9%4%20% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 18 88%11%1%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 5 Aug 2020 17 84%13%3%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 13 92%7%1%19% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 18 88%11%2%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 16 85%14%2%27% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 12 Jul 2018 18 83%16%1%31% 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.