Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Sir John Fitzgerald,Limited paid suppliers in 38 days on average — inside its 75-day stated terms

CRN 00214158 · Wholesale & retail trade · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jan 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

38daysavg time to pay · H1 2020

Their H1 2020 filing put the average 37 days inside their stated 75-day term.

Their stated terms: 75 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 44% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 14%
Reporting period: 1 Aug 2019 – 31 Jan 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Feb 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2020 filing

Paid 37 days inside the 75-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–85

avg 38d

0 days85 days

reported avg 38 days their filed terms 0–75 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 28% 31–60 days 58% 61+ days 14%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #29252, period 1 Aug 2019 – 31 Jan 2020, filed 27 Feb 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Sir John Fitzgerald,Limited paid 37 days inside its stated 75-day term. 44% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 14% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

44 → 38 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 4 of 4 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

6 days faster across the window. From 44 days in H1 2018 to 38 in the H1 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 75-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Sir John Fitzgerald,Limited's H1 2020 filing put their average at 38 days against stated terms of 75 days; 44% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 14% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Feb 2020.

The direction is faster: from 44 days in H1 2018 to 38 now — 6 days faster across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

End of month following

Dispute resolution

All queries and disputes dealt with by Accounts Payable Department. If it can't be dealt within Accounts Payable Department then passed to relevant manager to resolve the dispute within 7 days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2020	38	44%	14%	27 Feb 2020
H1 2019	43	46%	16%	29 Aug 2019
H1 2019	44	46%	14%	28 Feb 2019
H1 2018	44	40%	14%	30 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 9 Jun 1926
Registered office: EARL GREY PROPERTIES 2ND FLOOR, ADELPHI CHAMBERS, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 6AQ

19 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2026

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Quick answers · Sir John Fitzgerald,Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (44 → 38 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 38; across their last 4 reports it ranged 38–44 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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