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How long does James Cropper Public Limited Company take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00030226 · Manufacturing · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Apr 2023

20days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 1 Apr 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Nov 1889
Registered office
BURNESIDE MILLS, CUMBRIA, LA9 6PZ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–75 days. Reported average: 20.

Stated terms1–75d
+19 days
Reported avg20d

At a glance

The key figures

1–75d
their stated terms
97%
invoices paid outside terms
-12d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 97% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
32
22
17
20
19
20
H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 84% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

James Cropper Public Limited Company has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 20 days against stated terms of 1–75 days.

The direction is faster: from 32 to 20 days over the window — about 12 days faster.

In the latest period 97% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

James Cropper Plc is the parent company of the James Cropper Group. The Group's standard payment terms state that payment of third party invoices for goods and services will be made within 60 days of receipt of a correct, undisputed and properly due invoice. The remaining contracts are negotiated with individual suppliers as part of their contract.

Dispute resolution

The core values of the James Cropper Group include caring and responsible. We therefore endeavour to resolve all disputes in a fair and timely manner. Disputes are resolved by discussion and agreement with a supplier and are typically managed by the dedicated accounts payable team or a procurement specialist.

Other information

Internal payment practice includes weekly payment runs resulting in suppliers receiving payments via electronic banking 1 - 4 days after the invoice due date. Suppliers receive payments, with 4% o payments received on time and a further 52% of payments received between 1 - 10 days after the due date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20232097%1%25 May 2023
H2 20221999%2%8 Nov 2022
H1 20222097%1%9 May 2022
H2 20211798%0%8 Nov 2021
H1 20212291%0%26 May 2021
H2 20203294%3%10 Nov 2020
H1 20202179%5%2 Jul 2020
H2 20192469%4%31 Oct 2019
H1 20192592%5%1 May 2019
H2 20182499%2%25 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 20-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 20-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 20-day cycle — about £7,500 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 12 days faster over the window (32 → 20 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 20, moving within about ±2 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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