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How long does Greencore Prepared Meals Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00298325 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 27 Mar 2026

83days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
15 Mar 1935
Registered office
GREENCORE MANTON WOOD RETFORD ROAD, WORKSOP, S80 2RS
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 90 days. Reported average: 83.

Stated terms90d
-7 days
Reported avg83d

At a glance

The key figures

90d
their stated terms
4%
invoices paid outside terms
-9d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 96% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 90d
92
92
87
86
84
83
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 3% 31–60 days 12% 61+ days 85%

The read · computed from their figures

Greencore Prepared Meals Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 83 days against stated terms of 90 days.

The direction is faster: from 92 to 83 days over the window — about 9 days faster.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 85% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

71% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

90 days (120 days for invoices due for payment in March and September)

Dispute resolution

If Greencore Prepared Meals Limited disputes any invoice or part of any invoice issued by the supplier to Greencore Prepared Meals Limited or receives an invoice in respect of any goods which Greencore Prepared Meals Limited believes (acting reasonably) have not been properly provided then:  The Greencore Prepared Meals Limited will pay that part of the invoice which is not the Disputed Sum in accordance with the payment terms;  The Greencore Prepared Meals Limited will be entitled to withhold payment of the disputed sum;  The parties will negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute, but if a resolution cannot be reached within ninety (90) days of the start of such negotiations, the matter will be referred to the Courts;  The supplier will provide all such information and evi

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026834%85%24 Apr 2026
H2 2025845%83%21 Oct 2025
H1 2025864%87%24 Apr 2025
H2 2024876%87%25 Oct 2024
H1 2024926%87%18 Apr 2024
H2 2023927%90%26 Oct 2023
H1 2023798%86%26 Apr 2023
H2 2022879%82%26 Oct 2022
H1 2022878%84%22 Apr 2022
H2 2021878%85%18 Oct 2021
H1 2021845%83%26 Apr 2021
H2 2020849%81%23 Oct 2020
H1 20208510%81%25 Apr 2020
H2 20198412%83%25 Oct 2019
H1 20198812%86%26 Apr 2019
H2 20188813%86%27 Oct 2018
H1 20189413%86%26 Apr 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (92 → 83 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 83, moving within about ±2 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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