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Crown Chicken Limited

Registered as CROWN CHICKEN LIMITED. Company number 04760487. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

17days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, Crown Chicken Limited reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 96% of invoices within 30 days, 4% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 17% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 September 2025, the average was 5 days, so it is 12 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 43 Mar 2021 33 Sep 2021 33 Mar 2022 31 Sep 2022 6 Mar 2023 7 Sep 2023 5 Mar 2024 4 Sep 2024 4 Mar 2025 5 Sep 2025 18 Mar 2026 17 Sep 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
Mar to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 17 96%4%0%17% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 18 92%8%0%20% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 5 98%1%1%15% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 23 Apr 2025 4 99%1%0%12% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 4 99%1%0%11% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 5 94%4%2%62% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 7 96%3%1%27% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 6 97%2%1%25% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 9 Dec 2022 31 45%51%4%99% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 2 May 2022 33 47%50%4%99% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 2 Dec 2021 33 42%54%3%99% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 43 33%58%9%98% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 38 32%61%7%99% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 43 28%64%8%98% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 42 28%64%8%97% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 40 29%63%8%97% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 37 46%49%5%97% 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.