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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Thorntons Limited pays suppliers in 79 days on average — within its stated 1–90 day terms

CRN 00174706 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

79daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 78 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
1–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
25% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
56%
Reporting period
1 Sept 2025 – 28 Feb 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 4 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 79 against 1–90 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

69 → 79 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Thorntons Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 79 days against stated terms of 1–90 days; 25% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 56% took 61 days or longer. Filed 4 Aug 2026.

The direction is slower: from 69 days in H1 2023 to 79 now — 10 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 95% 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 25% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment by BACS transfer for the goods/service unless otherwise agreed and detailed in the PO shall be 60 days from invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers are able to contact the business regarding complaint or concern on the following email address. [email protected] where a team of experts will direct the query to the relevant department. The complaint or concern will be considered by that department. The length of time taken to resolve the complaint or concern is dictated by its nature. If a resolution cannot be agreed upon the business will use and escalation process both within the business and with the supplier until a resolution by both parties can be found. Thorntons also offer the supplier access to their portal to enable them to have the ability to follow the progress of an invoice right through to payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20267925%56%4 Aug 2026
H1 20256721%47%20 Feb 2026
H1 20256518%43%20 Feb 2026
H1 20246119%39%20 Feb 2026
H1 20246226%41%27 Aug 2024
H1 20236952%33%27 Aug 2024
H1 20234141%22%20 Jun 2023
H1 20223858%24%14 Feb 2023
H1 20223877%20%1 Apr 2022
H1 20213257%10%30 Sept 2021
H1 20213241%10%31 Mar 2021
H1 20202348%8%30 Sept 2020
H1 20203540%17%31 Mar 2020
H1 20192751%10%30 Sept 2019
H1 20192751%10%1 Apr 2019
H1 20182135%7%5 Oct 2018
H1 20183149%14%6 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
13 May 1921
Registered office
889 GREENFORD ROAD, GREENFORD, UB6 0HE
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 79-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 79-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £31,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 79-day cycle — about £30,700 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Thorntons Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (69 → 79 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 79; across their last 6 reports it ranged 61–79 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?
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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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