| Reporting Period | Filing Date | Average Time to Pay (days) | Paid within 30 days | Paid 31-60 days | Paid after 60 days | Not Paid within Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2025 - 01 Mar 2026 | 30 Mar 2026 | 46 | 5% | 79% | 16% | 9% |
| 24 Feb 2025 - 24 Aug 2025 | 22 Sept 2025 | 45 | 6% | 81% | 13% | 9% |
| 26 Aug 2024 - 23 Feb 2025 | 21 Mar 2025 | 47 | 5% | 81% | 14% | 11% |
| 26 Feb 2024 - 25 Aug 2024 | 23 Sept 2024 | 46 | 9% | 75% | 16% | 9% |
| 28 Aug 2023 - 25 Feb 2024 | 25 Mar 2024 | 46 | 6% | 80% | 14% | 11% |
| 29 Aug 2022 - 26 Feb 2023 | 24 Mar 2023 | 50 | 5% | 76% | 19% | 19% |
| 28 Feb 2022 - 28 Aug 2022 | 23 Sept 2022 | 45 | 4% | 81% | 15% | 14% |
| 30 Aug 2021 - 27 Feb 2022 | 25 Mar 2022 | 46 | 29% | 54% | 17% | 24% |
| 01 Mar 2021 - 29 Aug 2021 | 27 Sept 2021 | 44 | 19% | 66% | 15% | 28% |
| 31 Aug 2020 - 28 Feb 2021 | 29 Mar 2021 | 47 | 16% | 66% | 18% | 35% |
| 02 Mar 2020 - 30 Aug 2020 | 28 Sept 2020 | 44 | 18% | 66% | 16% | 49% |
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Standard payment terms
45 days
Were there any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period?
No information available
Any other information about payment terms
N/A
Maximum contractual payment period agreed
90
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Booker Direct Limited is a company registered in England, incorporated in 2000, with SIC code for non-specialised wholesale trade. It trades as Best Food Logistics, operating what it describes as the UK's largest shared customer, multi-temperature food distribution network. The business delivers food and supply chain solutions to major restaurant chains including KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Pret, running its own depots, fleet and systems to give end-to-end visibility across customers' supply chains. It handles very high weekly volumes of deliveries, mileage and cases. The registered office is in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, though operational depots are located elsewhere in the UK.
Generated from the company's website and Companies House records. Sources: bestfoodlogistics.com · bestfoodlogistics.com