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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Cadbury UK Limited pays suppliers in 98 days on average — 38 days past its stated terms

CRN 00155256 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

98daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 38 days past the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
13% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
74%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 38 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

52 → 98 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Cadbury UK Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 98 days against stated terms of 60 days; 13% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 74% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 52 days in H2 2023 to 98 now — 46 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 99% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 58% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days from the date of receiving the invoice. Specific payment terms outside the standard terms are agreed with some suppliers on a case-by-case basis, provided that they are not grossly unfair.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved in line with our standard terms and conditions, or specific contractual terms agreed.

Other information

For the purposes of this reporting, where a supplier has opted for the Supply Chain Financing Program, the payment date reported is the date on which we pay the finance provider, rather than the earlier date on which the finance provider pays the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20269813%74%30 Jul 2026
H2 202512410%79%29 Jan 2026
H1 20259610%66%4 Aug 2025
H2 20248611%65%30 Jan 2025
H1 20249817%48%30 Jul 2024
H2 20235224%29%1 Feb 2024
H1 20236526%48%26 Jul 2023
H2 20227314%56%6 Feb 2023
H1 20225310%42%27 Jul 2022
H2 20214910%36%31 Jan 2022
H1 20215526%40%31 Jul 2021
H2 20208627%53%28 Jan 2021
H1 20207630%54%3 Aug 2020
H2 20197036%39%28 Jan 2020
H1 20192552%12%30 Jul 2019
H2 20181952%5%29 Jan 2019
H1 20181835%9%31 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
19 May 1919
Registered office
BOURNVILLE PLACE BOURNVILLE LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B30 2HP
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 98-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 98-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £38,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 98-day cycle — about £15,000 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 · Cadbury UK Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 46 days slower over the window (52 → 98 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 98; across their last 6 reports it ranged 52–124 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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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