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Cranswick Country Foods (Ballymena)

Registered as CRANSWICK COUNTRY FOODS (BALLYMENA). Company number NI071259. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

37days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, Cranswick Country Foods (Ballymena) reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 33% of invoices within 30 days, 62% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 55% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 September 2025, the average was 12 days, so it is 25 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 67 Mar 2021 63 Sep 2021 52 Mar 2022 54 Sep 2022 14 Mar 2023 16 Sep 2023 13 Mar 2024 14 Sep 2024 15 Mar 2025 12 Sep 2025 35 Mar 2026 37 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
Mar to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 37 33%62%5%55% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 35 35%61%4%78% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 12 89%8%3%56% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 23 Apr 2025 15 92%7%1%74% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 14 91%7%2%73% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 1 May 2024 13 94%4%2%62% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 31 Oct 2023 16 91%7%3%73% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 14 92%6%1%73% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 9 Dec 2022 54 8%61%31%97% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 2 May 2022 52 9%66%26%96% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 2 Dec 2021 63 11%67%22%90% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 27 Apr 2021 67 14%57%29%92% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 30 Oct 2020 63 9%61%30%94% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 81 10%55%35%93% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 60 7%58%35%96% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 29 Apr 2019 77 7%56%37%93% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 23 Oct 2018 64 9%53%38%95% 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.