Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

48days

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.

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.

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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 28–60 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms28–60d

+20 days

Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

28–60d

their stated terms

65%

invoices paid outside terms

-34d

faster over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 91% of the 74 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 28d

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 28–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 82 to 48 days over the window — about 34 days faster.

In the latest period 65% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 34% landed 61+ days out.

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

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 34 days faster over the window (82 → 48 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 48, moving within about ±3 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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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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