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Absolutely Catering Limited

Registered as ABSOLUTELY CATERING LIMITED. Company number 06313610. 11 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 30 October 2026.

41days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Absolutely Catering Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 18% of invoices within 30 days, 80% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 66 days, so it is 25 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 91 Dec 2020 72 Jun 2021 75 Dec 2021 74 Jun 2022 65 Dec 2022 62 Jun 2023 51 Dec 2023 62 Sep 2024 66 Sep 2025 46 Mar 2026 41 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
Apr to Sep 2026 30 Oct 2026 41 18%80%2%12% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 29 Apr 2026 46 14%74%12%20% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 31 Oct 2025 66 10%76%14%28% Report
Jan to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 62 15%27%58%97% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 5 Feb 2024 51 0%52%48%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 22 Aug 2023 62 8%29%62%62% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 10 Feb 2023 65 2%34%64%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 10 Feb 2023 74 1%14%86%89% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 25 May 2022 75 5%3%91%99% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 72 10%13%77%99% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 May 2021 91 4%9%87%99% 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.