Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does BFS Group Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00239718 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

49days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 22 May 1929
Registered office: 814 LEIGH ROAD, SLOUGH, SL1 4BD

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 49.

Stated terms30d

+19 days

Reported avg49d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

92%

invoices paid outside terms

+5d

slower over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 77% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 16% 31–60 days 64% 61+ days 20%

The read · computed from their figures

BFS Group Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 49 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 44 to 49 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 92% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 20% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: prompt payment code 13% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are end of month, following month of invoicing (average 45 days) unless dictated by the specific contract.

Dispute resolution

All queries and disputes are handled by the Accounts Payable departments with reference to the receiving depot/department and the buying teams. Inventory query reports are issued fortnightly to suppliers to assist with query resolution. The timescale of resolution will be dependent upon the nature of the query and individual suppliers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	49	92%	20%	13 Aug 2026
H2 2025	49	91%	20%	9 Mar 2026
H1 2025	47	87%	16%	9 Oct 2025
H2 2024	44	81%	14%	17 Jan 2025
H1 2024	44	80%	13%	25 Nov 2024
H2 2023	44	81%	13%	15 Jan 2024
H1 2023	45	80%	15%	16 Aug 2023
H2 2022	46	83%	15%	23 Jan 2023
H1 2022	46	86%	16%	23 Jan 2023
H2 2021	48	77%	17%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	51	78%	20%	27 Aug 2021
H2 2020	51	85%	18%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	52	86%	22%	15 Oct 2020
H2 2019	46	81%	16%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	49	77%	17%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	48	80%	16%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	47	75%	15%	27 Jul 2018
H2 2017	46	75%	15%	30 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 49-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 49-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 49-day cycle — about £7,500 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 5 days slower over the window (44 → 49 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 49, moving within about ±3 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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