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How long does Costa Express Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

67days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
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 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–120 days. Reported average: 67.

Stated terms60–120d
+7 days
Reported avg67d

At a glance

The key figures

60–120d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
+4d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 95% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
63
57
60
65
64
67
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

Costa Express Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 67 days against stated terms of 60–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 63 to 67 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 44% landed 61+ days out.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026679%44%13 Jul 2026
H2 20256411%43%27 Jan 2026
H1 2025659%43%23 Jul 2025
H2 20246010%36%10 Jan 2025
H1 2024579%34%16 Jul 2024
H2 20236313%35%12 Jan 2024
H1 20236317%39%10 Jul 2023
H2 20226115%34%5 Jan 2023
H1 20226429%32%22 Jul 2022
H2 20215838%36%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213419%5%28 Jul 2021
H2 2020356%3%29 Jan 2021
H1 2020329%4%23 Jul 2020
H2 20193312%5%29 Jan 2020
H1 2019327%1%30 Sept 2019
H1 2019318%2%29 Mar 2019
H1 20183013%5%28 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 67-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 Act 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

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 reports average around day 67, moving within about ±4 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).

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