Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Norwich City Football Club PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00154044 · Arts & entertainment · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

52days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2022 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: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 2 Apr 1919
Registered office: CARROW ROAD,, NORFOLK, NR1 1JE

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 52.

Stated terms30–60d

+22 days

Reported avg52d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

49%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 93% of the 74 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 20% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 28%

The read · computed from their figures

Norwich City Football Club PLC has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 52 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 49 to 52 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 49% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 28% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Club shall pay the price of the Services no later than the final day of the calendar month following the month in which the Club receives an invoice for the Services, unless otherwise agreed in writing, but time for payment shall not be of the essence of the Contract. Contracts regarding player transfers are subject to payment terms outlined and agreed in the relating transfer agreement contract.

Dispute resolution

All complaints or disputes are considered by the Accounts Payable team at Norwich City FC for possible resolutions. Any dispute or complaint that cannot be resolved is escalated to the Finance Director.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2022	52	49%	28%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	47	36%	17%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	45	13%	13%	28 Jan 2022
H1 2021	42	53%	18%	10 Aug 2021
H2 2020	44	45%	16%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	49	39%	25%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	48	39%	17%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	43	29%	7%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	46	36%	11%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	42	31%	5%	31 Jul 2018
H1 2018	42	21%	8%	31 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 52-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 52-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 52-day cycle — about £8,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 3 days slower over the window (49 → 52 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 52, moving within about ±5 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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