Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Cater Allen Limited take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 30 Sept 1943
- Registered office
- 2 TRITON SQUARE, LONDON, NW1 3AN
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 15.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Cater Allen Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 15 days against stated terms of 30 days.
The direction is faster: from 21 to 15 days over the window — about 6 days faster.
In the latest period 14% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 9% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Cater Allen Limited payment terms are 30 days. There are no contracts for which there are longer payment terms and there have been no changes to this arrangement in the period.
Dispute resolution
If a supplier has a dispute regarding payment, there is an established escalation and investigation process in place. Should the supplier remain unhappy at the outcome of the initial escalation and investigation, they can refer the matter to an independent body. Information regarding this process is included in the standard contract terms.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2025 | 15 | 14% | 9% | 7 Aug 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 10 | 5% | 0% | 6 Feb 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 13 | 12% | 2% | 9 Oct 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 15 | 10% | 3% | 31 Jan 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 21 | 24% | 7% | 18 Aug 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 21 | 22% | 10% | 16 Feb 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 22 | 82% | 9% | 2 Aug 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 13 | 7% | 4% | 9 Feb 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 21 | 16% | 10% | 2 Aug 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 15 | 19% | 0% | 8 Feb 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 12 | 12% | 0% | 28 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 14 | 0% | 0% | 30 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 28 | 6% | 3% | 26 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 29 | 12% | 6% | 1 Feb 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 21 | 7% | 0% | 31 Jul 2018 |
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How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.
The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
Report PL-00383032 · latest period to 30 Jun 2025
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