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How long does Northern Foods Grocery Group Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00313761 · Manufacturing · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2022

62days
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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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jul 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
4 May 1936
Registered office
TRINITY PARK HOUSE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8EE
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–120 days. Reported average: 62.

Stated terms1–120d
+61 days
Reported avg62d

At a glance

The key figures

1–120d
their stated terms
86%
invoices paid outside terms
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 81% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
62
67
67
63
63
62
H1 2020H1 2020H1 2021H1 2021H1 2022H1 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 65%

The read · computed from their figures

Northern Foods Grocery Group Limited has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 62 days against stated terms of 1–120 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 86% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 65% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We shall pay the price of the goods and the services on our first working day following the end of the third month following receipt of a correctly constituted VAT invoice or, if later, upon our acceptance of the goods or services in question.

Dispute resolution

Invoices are matched on receipt and disputed invoices notified to the supplier. Disputes are managed directly between the supplier and site and resolved items are then reprocessed.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20226286%65%13 Sept 2022
H1 20226372%61%3 Mar 2022
H1 20216372%60%31 Aug 2021
H1 20216772%66%1 Mar 2021
H1 20206772%65%24 Sept 2020
H1 20206274%60%27 Feb 2020
H1 20196677%64%22 Aug 2019
H1 20196477%60%25 Feb 2019
H1 20187181%66%29 Aug 2018
H1 20186969%66%27 Feb 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 62-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 62-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 62-day cycle — about £24,000 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 62 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 62, 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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