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Crown Packaging Distribution UK Limited

Registered as CROWN PACKAGING DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED. Company number 10352314. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 14 August 2026.

50days 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, Crown Packaging Distribution UK Limited reported that it took an average of 50 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 22% of invoices within 30 days, 52% in 31 to 60 days and 26% after more than 60 days. It said 23% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 16% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 48 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 56 Dec 2020 36 Jun 2021 38 Dec 2021 33 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2022 67 Jun 2023 61 Dec 2023 105 Jun 2024 66 Dec 2024 48 Jun 2025 61 Dec 2025 50 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 14 Aug 2026 50 22%52%26%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 14 Aug 2026 61 15%56%29%16% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 14 Aug 2026 48 14%61%25%21% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 66 5%56%39%95% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 105 4%26%70%98% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 14 Feb 2024 61 18%58%24%86% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 31 Jul 2023 67 25%28%47%73% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 31 68%26%6%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 33 42%57%1%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 38 56%35%9%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 36 56%22%22%87% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 56 35%18%47%76% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 24 Jul 2020 33 44%44%12%96% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 7 Feb 2020 53 43%33%24%81% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 17 Jul 2019 38 67%20%13%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 17 Jan 2019 48 52%25%23%79% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 37 60%29%10%80% 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.