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How long does Frank Roberts & Sons Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00170133 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Aug 2025

56days
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
In Administration
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Sept 1920
Registered office
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, LEEDS, LS1 4DL
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–75 days. Reported average: 56.

Stated terms7–75d
+49 days
Reported avg56d

At a glance

The key figures

7–75d
their stated terms
43%
invoices paid outside terms
+13d
slower over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 71% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
43
55
55
54
56
56
H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 40%

The read · computed from their figures

Frank Roberts & Sons Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 56 days against stated terms of 7–75 days.

The direction is slower: from 43 to 56 days over the window — about 13 days slower.

In the latest period 43% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 40% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Section 9 of our terms and conditions (https://www.robertsbakery.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/) states that invoices will be paid within 60 days of receipt of a valid invoice - we do however endeavour to pay invoices within 60 days of the invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Any payment disputes should be directed to [email protected], through the switchboard on 01606 41122 or to Accounts Payable, Frank Roberts & Sons Ltd, Lichfield House, Gadbrook Park, Northwich, CW9 7RQ. We aim to respond to any payment disputes within 48 hours of receipt.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20255643%40%8 Sept 2025
H1 20255645%39%20 May 2025
H1 20245442%35%3 Oct 2024
H1 20245539%38%26 Mar 2024
H1 20235564%25%26 Oct 2023
H1 20234327%9%3 Apr 2023
H1 20225236%10%6 Oct 2022
H1 2022426%6%30 Mar 2022
H1 2021498%9%12 Oct 2021
H1 2021525%3%22 Mar 2021
H1 2020528%3%4 Sept 2020
H1 20205211%4%3 Mar 2020
H1 20195411%6%9 Sept 2019
H1 20195411%6%27 Mar 2019
H1 2018555%6%10 Sept 2018
H1 2018436%8%23 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 56-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £19,300 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 13 days slower over the window (43 → 56 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 56, 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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