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How long does Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02090126 · Accommodation & food · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

23days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
16 Jan 1987
Registered office
COMPASS HOUSE, CHERTSEY, KT16 9BQ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms30–60d
-7 days
Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 75% of the 148 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
27
23
22
23
22
23
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 11% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 27 to 23 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Compass Group Holdings PLC's standard payment terms are 30 days from date of receipt of a valid invoice, unless a different contractual payment period has been agreed. The maximum agreed contractual payment period is 60 days from date of invoice. There have been no changes to our standard payment terms during this reporting period. Excluding intercompany payments, the average number of days taken to pay invoices is 22

Dispute resolution

In the first instance, suppliers who have a query regarding an invoice should speak with their Compass contact who can liaise with the Accounts Payable team. Alternatively suppliers can contact the Accounts Payable team directly at [email protected]

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262311%2%29 Apr 2026
H2 20252211%2%28 Oct 2025
H1 20252311%2%30 Apr 2025
H2 2024229%1%30 Oct 2024
H1 20242315%3%30 Apr 2024
H2 20232713%6%30 Oct 2023
H1 2023228%1%27 Apr 2023
H2 20222518%3%27 Oct 2022
H1 20222317%2%27 Apr 2022
H2 20212819%6%25 Oct 2021
H1 20212817%6%28 Apr 2021
H2 20202719%8%26 Oct 2020
H1 20202311%3%28 Apr 2020
H2 20192923%7%30 Oct 2019
H1 20192829%6%29 Apr 2019
H2 20182522%4%30 Oct 2018
H1 20182824%7%26 Apr 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (27 → 23 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

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-02090126 · latest period to 31 Mar 2026

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