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The Fresh Produce Centre Limited

Registered as THE FRESH PRODUCE CENTRE LIMITED. Company number 10837330. 14 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 12 June 2026.

41days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, The Fresh Produce Centre Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 41% of invoices within 30 days, 53% in 31 to 60 days and 6% after more than 60 days. It said 57% 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 25 April 2025, the average was 38 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Oct 2020 38 Apr 2021 40 Oct 2021 36 Apr 2022 36 Oct 2022 38 Apr 2023 40 Oct 2023 39 Apr 2024 36 Oct 2024 38 Apr 2025 36 Oct 2025 41 Apr 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
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 12 Jun 2026 41 41%53%6%57% Report
Apr to Oct 2025 1 Dec 2025 36 29%65%6%58% Report
Oct 2024 to Apr 2025 5 Jun 2025 38 36%56%8%61% Report
Apr to Oct 2024 18 Nov 2024 36 35%59%6%63% Report
Oct 2023 to Apr 2024 7 Jun 2024 39 31%62%7%68% Report
Apr to Oct 2023 13 Dec 2023 40 34%54%11%78% Report
Oct 2022 to Apr 2023 25 May 2023 38 37%54%9%77% Report
Apr to Oct 2022 29 Nov 2022 36 40%51%9%71% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 26 May 2022 36 45%48%6%59% Report
May to Oct 2021 2 Dec 2021 40 34%58%8%68% Report
Oct 2020 to Apr 2021 26 May 2021 38 38%55%7%61% Report
Apr to Oct 2020 24 Nov 2020 40 33%60%7%68% Report
Oct 2019 to Apr 2020 19 May 2020 39 38%53%9%63% Report
Apr to Oct 2019 25 Nov 2019 41 40%46%14%65% 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.