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Mars Petcare UK

Registered as MARS PETCARE UK. Company number 06649984. 17 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 Petcare UK reported that it took an average of 82 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 18% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 67% after more than 60 days. It said 7% 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 52 days, so it is 30 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 63 Dec 2020 63 Jun 2021 63 Dec 2021 60 Jun 2022 59 Dec 2022 53 Jun 2023 53 Dec 2023 58 Jun 2024 47 Dec 2024 52 Jul 2025 52 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 18%15%67%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 52 33%22%45%59% Report
Jan to Jul 2025 31 Jul 2026 52 26%23%51%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 16 Jan 2025 47 30%25%45%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 58 37%23%40%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 53 37%29%34%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 4 Jul 2023 53 45%25%30%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 20 Jan 2023 59 24%52%24%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 60 18%58%24%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 63 16%59%25%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 63 13%62%25%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Feb 2021 63 15%62%23%92% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 60 15%63%22%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 60 18%62%20%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 62 17%63%20%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 16 Jan 2019 60 17%62%21%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 68 15%55%31%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.