Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Costa Express Limited pays suppliers in 67 days on average — within its stated 60–120 day terms

CRN 03145187 · Administrative & support services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

67daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (60 days), still within their 120-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 60–120 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 44%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 67 against 60–120 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–130

avg 67d

0 days130 days

reported avg 67 days their filed terms 60–120 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 33% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 44%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112784, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 13 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Costa Express Limited pays within its stated range, 7 days past the shortest term. 9% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 44% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

63 → 67 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days slower across the window. From 63 days in H2 2023 to 67 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Costa Express Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 67 days against stated terms of 60–120 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 44% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 63 days in H2 2023 to 67 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 94% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Below £150k per annum - 60 days Above £150k per annum – 120 days There are some supply type exceptions to the above.

Dispute resolution

The Accounts Payable team manages supplier queries via a dedicated email mailbox. For any concerns raised by suppliers, the Accounts Payable team internally work with the relevant teams to provide a solution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	67	9%	44%	13 Jul 2026
H2 2025	64	11%	43%	27 Jan 2026
H1 2025	65	9%	43%	23 Jul 2025
H2 2024	60	10%	36%	10 Jan 2025
H1 2024	57	9%	34%	16 Jul 2024
H2 2023	63	13%	35%	12 Jan 2024
H1 2023	63	17%	39%	10 Jul 2023
H2 2022	61	15%	34%	5 Jan 2023
H1 2022	64	29%	32%	22 Jul 2022
H2 2021	58	38%	36%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	34	19%	5%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	35	6%	3%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	32	9%	4%	23 Jul 2020
H2 2019	33	12%	5%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	32	7%	1%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	31	8%	2%	29 Mar 2019
H1 2018	30	13%	5%	28 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 11 Jan 1996
Registered office: 3 KNAVES BEECH BUSINESS CENTRE DAVIES WAY, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP10 9QR

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 67-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 67-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £26,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 67-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 60-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Costa Express Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days slower over the window (63 → 67 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 67; across their last 6 reports it ranged 57–67 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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