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How long does Bradfords Building Supplies Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00278994 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

39days
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
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
23 Aug 1933
Registered office
96 HENDFORD HILL, YEOVIL, BA20 2QR
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms0–90d
+39 days
Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d
their stated terms
5%
invoices paid outside terms
-16d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 55% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

55
45
44
45
42
39
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 29% 31–60 days 48% 61+ days 23%

The read · computed from their figures

Bradfords Building Supplies Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 55 to 39 days over the window — about 16 days faster.

In the latest period 5% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 23% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Approximately two thirds of invoices are termed end of month following. An effective 45 days. Approximately one third of invoices are termed 60 days from end of month. An effective 75 days.

Dispute resolution

If there is a discrepancy during invoice matching the invoice will pass to the invoice variance team who will commence an investigation. For price variances, a query form will be issued to the supplier. Quantity variances will already have been notified to the supplier on delivery, and as such a credit note will be requested.

Other information

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Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2025395%23%26 May 2026
H1 2025427%20%18 Aug 2025
H2 2024456%27%10 Jun 2025
H1 2024445%26%31 Jul 2024
H2 20234512%26%5 Apr 2024
H1 2023557%39%25 Jul 2023
H2 20225514%38%3 Apr 2023
H1 20225519%41%22 Jul 2022
H2 20215610%44%28 Feb 2022
H1 20215837%45%28 Feb 2022
H2 20205621%42%28 Feb 2022
H1 20206225%50%30 Nov 2020
H2 20195263%47%28 Feb 2020
H1 20196575%47%30 Sept 2019
H2 20186068%46%17 Dec 2018
H1 20186085%47%30 May 2018
H2 20175966%45%3 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £15,400 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 16 days faster over the window (55 → 39 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±3 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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