Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does E.h.booth & Co.,limited take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 31 Oct 1896
- Registered office
- BOOTHS CENTRAL OFFICE, PRESTON, PR2 5BX
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 10–60 days. Reported average: 30.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
E.h.booth & Co.,limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 30 days against stated terms of 10–60 days.
The direction is faster: from 45 to 30 days over the window — about 15 days faster.
In the latest period 31% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Booths standard payment terms are 45 days from the date of invoice with credits due to EH Booths and Co Ltd offset against the next available payment. Terms may vary in accordance with the individual agreements made to suppliers.
Dispute resolution
EH Booth & Co Ltd is committed to working with its suppliers in a fair and timely manner to resolve all disputes quickly. To simplify processing all invoices are received into the company either through an e-invoicing portal or via a dedicated email linked into our system. The system then automatically validates purchase order invoices or assigns an invoice approver for certain non-stock items. If a dispute has arisen either by price or volume discrepancy, EH Booth & Co Ltd will always resolve the matter with reference to the original invoice and not ask suppliers to credit and re-invoice once the matter has been cleared. This does result in a technical late payment but is in agreement with the supplier as once resolved the cleared invoice will be processed on the next available payment
Other information
EH Booth & Co Ltd operates a weekly payment run which captures all invoices that are due when payment is processed. A number of suppliers however are on net payment days which means that a number of invoices could fall due post this payment date run and before the next one. These are captured on the next available payment run, which is verbally agreed with suppliers and are deemed not to be late, which if taken into account would reduce the invoices due but not paid within agreed terms from 31% (up 1% year on year) to 16% (up 1% year on year). In March 2025 E H Booths & Co Ltd implemented a new IT system throughout the business which initially had a negative impact on the figures above, however, accurate invoices are now flowing through the system correctly.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 30 | 31% | 1% | 9 Apr 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 40 | 35% | 5% | 22 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 42 | 30% | 3% | 15 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 43 | 32% | 4% | 11 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 42 | 33% | 5% | 29 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 45 | 37% | 8% | 20 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 46 | 43% | 12% | 25 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 42 | 38% | 5% | 20 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 47 | 42% | 8% | 28 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 49 | 45% | 6% | 19 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 44 | 44% | 7% | 7 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 45 | 47% | 5% | 12 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 42 | 52% | 5% | 15 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 39 | 58% | 5% | 17 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 44 | 70% | 9% | 25 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 42 | 69% | 9% | 30 Oct 2018 |
Working-capital effect
What a 30-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 30-day vs a 10-day payment cycle.
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.
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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-00049933 · latest period to 28 Mar 2026
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