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Hertfordshire Catering Limited

Registered as HERTFORDSHIRE CATERING LIMITED. Company number 08409608. 15 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 28 October 2026.

20days 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, Hertfordshire Catering Limited reported that it took an average of 20 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 93% of invoices within 30 days, 6% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 80% 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 19 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Mar 2021 30 Sep 2021 29 Mar 2022 26 Sep 2022 25 Mar 2023 19 Sep 2023 20 Mar 2024 21 Sep 2024 20 Mar 2025 19 Sep 2025 20 Mar 2026 20 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 28 Oct 2026 20 93%6%1%1% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 20 97%2%1%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 27 Oct 2025 19 96%3%1%0% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 20 96%2%2%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 31 Oct 2024 21 91%8%1%1% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 20 92%6%2%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 3 Nov 2023 19 92%7%1%1% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 25 Jul 2023 25 70%28%2%0% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 28 Oct 2022 26 65%33%2%1% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 3 May 2022 29 66%30%4%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 20 Oct 2021 30 61%36%3%1% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 26 Apr 2021 27 65%31%4%35% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 22 Oct 2020 25 71%26%3%0% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 27 54%44%2%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 22 Oct 2019 26 80%18%2%20% 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.