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Mars Food UK Limited

Registered as MARS FOOD UK LIMITED. Company number 06649971. 12 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 5 August 2026.

82days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Mars Food UK Limited reported that it took an average of 82 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 21% of invoices within 30 days, 13% in 31 to 60 days and 66% after more than 60 days. It said 5% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 2% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 61 days, so it is 21 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 73 Jun 2018 57 Dec 2018 57 Jun 2019 58 Dec 2019 53 Jun 2020 54 Dec 2020 53 Jun 2021 56 Dec 2021 54 Jun 2022 61 Jul 2025 54 Dec 2025 82 Jun 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
Jan to Jun 2026 5 Aug 2026 82 21%13%66%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 54 34%15%51%51% Report
Jan to Jul 2025 31 Jul 2026 61 23%15%62%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 15 Jul 2022 54 31%49%20%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 9 Feb 2022 56 32%46%22%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jul 2021 53 32%46%22%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 4 Mar 2021 54 34%45%21%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 53 31%48%21%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 58 28%48%24%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 57 31%47%22%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 25 Jan 2019 57 27%48%25%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 73 19%49%32%15% 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.