Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company pays suppliers in 46 days on average — 39 days past its stated terms

CRN 00317886 · Manufacturing · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

46daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 39 days past the 7-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 90% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 14%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 39 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 46d

0 days50 days

reported avg 46 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 77% 61+ days 14%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #113599, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 24 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company pays 39 days past its own stated terms. 90% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 14% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

37 → 46 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days slower across the window. From 37 days in H2 2023 to 46 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 46 days against stated terms of 7 days; 90% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 14% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 37 days in H2 2023 to 46 now — 9 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 52% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

5% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

the business’ standard payment terms are within 60 days of the date of a correctly rendered invoice

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are resolved by negotiation between the parties concerned to arrive at a mutually acceptable conclusion. Initially this will be between the people dealing with the goods or service in dispute and escalated upwards, ultimately to Directors of both parties if no resolution has been reached

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	46	90%	14%	24 Jul 2026
H2 2025	46	93%	12%	22 Jan 2026
H1 2025	27	92%	2%	10 Jul 2025
H2 2024	30	95%	3%	15 Jan 2025
H1 2024	34	88%	5%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	37	94%	6%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	37	94%	6%	26 Jul 2023
H2 2022	36	94%	4%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	34	93%	4%	20 Jul 2022
H2 2021	32	87%	5%	24 Jan 2022
H1 2021	29	85%	3%	27 Jul 2021
H2 2020	31	91%	1%	18 Jan 2021
H1 2020	30	86%	2%	17 Jul 2020
H2 2019	32	92%	2%	21 Jan 2020
H1 2019	31	76%	2%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	32	92%	2%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	30	90%	2%	31 Jul 2018
H2 2017	32	84%	1%	29 Jan 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 26 Aug 1936
Registered office: MERSE ROAD, REDDITCH, B98 9HH

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 46-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 46-day cycle — about £15,400 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 · F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 9 days slower over the window (37 → 46 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 46; across their last 6 reports it ranged 27–46 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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