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Stokers Limited pays suppliers in 18 days on average — within its stated 7–30 day terms

CRN 00307357 · Wholesale & retail trade · 1 statutory report on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

18daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 11 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,198 recent filers
Their stated terms
7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
10% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
0%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 18 against 7–30 days

The read · computed from their figures

Stokers Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 18 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 10% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Sept 2026.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 92% of the 825 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is one statutory period on record (earliest H1 2026) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment terms are negotiated supplier by supplier based on the terms the supplier offers. The majority of our stock suppliers are paid via a buying group and are ona 30 day account. For suppliers outside the buying group payments are made within 30 days. Expense suppliers are all paid withing 30 days.

Dispute resolution

These are handeled by teh account departmnet in liason with the ordering department with escalation to the financial director.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261810%0%1 Sept 2026

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
23 Nov 1935
Registered office
277 WENNINGTON ROAD, MERSEYSIDE, PR9 7TW
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2028

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 18-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 18-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £7,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 18-day cycle — about £4,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Stokers Limited

What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 18. 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 6,198 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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