Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Reading Football Club Limited paid suppliers in 30 days on average — right on its stated terms

CRN 00053703 · Arts & entertainment · 1 statutory report on record · period to 31 Dec 2017

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2017 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

30daysavg time to pay · H2 2017

Their H2 2017 filing put the average right on the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 15%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2017 – 31 Dec 2017
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jan 2018

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2017 filing

Paid right on the 30-day term they state

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

avg 30d

0 days65 days

reported avg 30 days their filed terms 30–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 50% 31–60 days 35% 61+ days 15%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #588, period 1 Jul 2017 – 31 Dec 2017, filed 31 Jan 2018 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The Reading Football Club Limited paid right on the term it states. 0% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 15% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2017 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

The Reading Football Club Limited's H2 2017 filing put their average at 30 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jan 2018.

That is one statutory period 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 45 days from the end of the month invoices are received. Several significant contracts, including player transfers, are subject to specific payment terms.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are attempted to be resolved within the accounts team, before escalation to the Finance Director and other relevant senior managers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2017	30	0%	15%	31 Jan 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 11 Aug 1897
Registered office: SELECT CAR LEASING STADIUM, READING, RG2 0FL

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Quick answers · The Reading Football Club Limited

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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.

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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.

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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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