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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Formica Limited paid suppliers in 39 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 00139731 · Manufacturing · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
39daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 32 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms
7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
32% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
11%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2019 – 30 Jun 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 7 Aug 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 39 against 7–60 days

The pattern · last 3 of 3 reports

46 → 39 days — faster across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Formica Limited's H1 2019 filing put their average at 39 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 32% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 11% took 61 days or longer. Filed 7 Aug 2019.

The direction is faster: from 46 days in H1 2018 to 39 now — 7 days faster across their last 3 reports.

That is 3 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The majority of suppliers will be on the standard 60 day payment terms but some will be negotiated by European Procurement on shorter terms.

Dispute resolution

Terms are calculated from the invoice date even if invoiced before the goods/services have been received. Disputed invoices are held until the issue has been resolved. However the due date remains as originally calculated.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20193932%11%7 Aug 2019
H2 20184330%10%31 Jan 2019
H1 20184664%17%18 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
23 Mar 1915
Registered office
COAST ROAD, TYNE & WEAR, NE29 8RE
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 39-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £12,600 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 · Formica Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (46 → 39 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 39; across their last 3 reports it ranged 39–46 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?
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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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