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How long does Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00129370 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

58days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 Jun 1913
Registered office
RIVINGTON ROAD, RUNCORN, WA7 3DJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–120 days. Reported average: 58.

Stated terms7–120d
+51 days
Reported avg58d

At a glance

The key figures

7–120d
their stated terms
24%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 87% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
53
54
54
60
57
58
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 8% 31–60 days 54% 61+ days 38%

The read · computed from their figures

Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 58 days against stated terms of 7–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 53 to 58 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 24% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 38% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

23% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual terms for wholesale stock is 75 days average (before 2 in 3 months due net) . Depending on the category, higher or lower standard terms may also be employed in line with industry standards for those areas.

Dispute resolution

Disputes or complaints should be communicated to the Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Limited Accounts Payable Accountant in the first instance and can be escalated to the Senior Accounts Payable Accountant or Accounts Payable Team Lead if necessary

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265824%38%3 Mar 2026
H1 20255725%37%3 Sept 2025
H1 20256027%42%4 Mar 2025
H1 20245418%33%29 Aug 2024
H1 20245418%30%29 Feb 2024
H1 20235316%26%15 Aug 2023
H1 20235220%26%28 Feb 2023
H1 20224622%13%31 Aug 2022
H1 20224621%9%28 Feb 2022
H1 20214721%9%1 Sept 2021
H1 20214532%8%4 Mar 2021
H1 20204847%12%26 Aug 2020
H1 20204948%16%26 Feb 2020
H1 20194841%15%30 Aug 2019
H1 20194945%19%1 Mar 2019
H1 20185045%20%30 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 58-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 58-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 58-day cycle — about £20,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 5 days slower over the window (53 → 58 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 58, 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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