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How long does F.hinds Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00149328 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

30days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
5 Jan 1918
Registered office
24 PARK ROAD, MIDDLESEX, UB8 1NH
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–120 days. Reported average: 30.

Stated terms7–120d
+23 days
Reported avg30d

At a glance

The key figures

7–120d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 70% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
31
31
31
31
30
30
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 52% 31–60 days 42% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

F.hinds Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 30 days against stated terms of 7–120 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms vary across the business depending upon the type of supplier. Most jewellery stock suppliers are paid on monthly terms (payment before the end of the following month following the date of the invoice) which arrives just after 45 days. We try to use local suppliers wherever possible, but our supply chain is global. Stock deliveries have to be transported to the UK and pass through customs. All precious metal items, whether made in the UK or overseas need to go through the legally required Assay Office hallmarking procedure and be delivered to us. Given that a significant proportion of the value of the items that we sell is in the precious metal that they contain, it is vital to be sure that these are as descried before payment can be made. On arrival, all deliveries

Dispute resolution

Relationships with suppliers are dealt with by individual buyers, all of whom are either directors or senior managers. If an issue was to arise, this would be considered in the first instance by the buyer. If there was a situation where this did not resolve the issue, then the matter would be escalated to the board of directors. This has not happened for many years.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026300%6%15 Apr 2026
H2 2025300%3%20 Oct 2025
H1 2025315%5%28 Mar 2025
H2 2024317%5%28 Mar 2025
H1 2024310%6%10 Apr 2024
H2 2023310%4%2 Oct 2023
H1 2023310%7%11 Apr 2023
H2 2022320%6%4 Oct 2022
H1 2022320%7%6 Apr 2022
H2 2021330%9%1 Oct 2021
H1 2021320%9%9 Apr 2021
H2 2020320%12%1 Oct 2020
H1 2020310%7%1 Apr 2020
H2 2019320%6%8 Oct 2019
H1 2019320%7%21 May 2019
H2 2018310%4%10 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 30-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 30-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 30-day cycle — about £9,100 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 is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 30 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 30, moving within about ±1 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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