Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited paid suppliers in 48 days on average — within its stated 28–60 day terms

CRN 00053482 · Arts & entertainment · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

48daysavg time to pay · H1 2023

Their H1 2023 filing put the average 20 days past the shortest term they state (28 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 28–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 65% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 34%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2023
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Jul 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2023 filing

Paid within their stated range — 48 against 28–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 48d

0 days65 days

reported avg 48 days their filed terms 28–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 34%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #74389, period 1 Jan 2023 – 30 Jun 2023, filed 28 Jul 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited paid within its stated range, 20 days past the shortest term. 65% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 34% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2023 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

82 → 48 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 12 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

34 days faster across the window. From 82 days in H2 2020 to 48 in the H1 2023 filing; the dashed line marks the 28-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited's H1 2023 filing put their average at 48 days against stated terms of 28–60 days; 65% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 34% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Jul 2023.

The direction is faster: from 82 days in H2 2020 to 48 now — 34 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 12 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

Standard payment terms are payable at the end of the month in which the invoice was received plus one month

Dispute resolution

Contact accounts department and explain issue. Buyer will contact supplier and advise details of query. Resolve with buyer or accounts department. Aim to sort queries within as small a time frame as possible, no set period as all queries differ.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	48	65%	34%	28 Jul 2023
H2 2022	46	63%	29%	27 Jan 2023
H1 2022	43	54%	23%	27 Jul 2022
H2 2021	47	58%	28%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	68	71%	52%	26 Jul 2021
H2 2020	82	68%	57%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	47	61%	26%	28 Jul 2020
H2 2019	48	68%	32%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	49	72%	38%	24 Jul 2019
H2 2018	52	73%	33%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	42	55%	17%	30 Jul 2018
H2 2017	50	60%	32%	1 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Jul 1897
Registered office: EWOOD PARK, BB2 4JF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 48-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 28-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £7,900 more than the same account would carry at 28-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 · The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 34 days faster over the window (82 → 48 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 48; across their last 6 reports it ranged 43–82 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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Is this official government data?

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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