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Northgate PLC paid suppliers in 47 days on average — 40 days past its stated terms

CRN 00053171 · Financial services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Apr 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
47daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 40 days past the 7-day term they state.

Their stated terms
7 days
Paid outside agreed terms
20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
12%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2018 – 30 Apr 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 May 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid 40 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

40 → 47 days — slower across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Northgate PLC's H1 2019 filing put their average at 47 days against stated terms of 7 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 12% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 May 2019.

The direction is slower: from 40 days in H2 2017 to 47 now — 7 days slower across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment due on last day of the month following the one in which the invoice is dated for non-vehicle purchases. 7 days from date of invoice for vehicle purchases.

Dispute resolution

Accounts payable use a query management system which assigns queries to relevant personnel. Dispute resolution then conducted in house by the assignee. This process is completed on a timely basis. Suppliers may be contacted where appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20194720%12%30 May 2019
H2 20184529%11%30 Nov 2018
H1 20184114%10%30 May 2018
H2 20174013%9%30 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
2 Jul 1897
Registered office
NORTHGATE CENTRE, DARLINGTON, DL1 4PZ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 47-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £15,800 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Northgate PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (40 → 47 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 47; across their last 4 reports it ranged 40–47 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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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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