Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Freemans Public Limited Company pays suppliers in 35 days on average — 28 days past its stated terms

CRN 00321643 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Aug 2026

35daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 28 days past the 7-day term they state.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 25% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Mar 2026 – 29 Aug 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 28 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 35d

0 days40 days

reported avg 35 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 57% 31–60 days 40% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117215, period 1 Mar 2026 – 29 Aug 2026, filed 1 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Freemans Public Limited Company pays 28 days past its own stated terms. 25% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 35 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 35 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±1 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Freemans Public Limited Company's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 35 days against stated terms of 7 days; 25% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Oct 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 57% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms vary depending on type, volume , group/non-group purchases and these are stated in our terms and conditions with our suppliers.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are forwarded to the business unit managers (or person responsible for raising the Purchase Orders). Payments can only be made by Accounts payable when goods/services are receipted on the AP Ledger, thus the onus is on the business unit managers to liaise with suppliers to resolve the disputes on a timely basis.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	35	25%	3%	1 Oct 2026
H1 2026	35	11%	3%	30 Mar 2026
H1 2025	34	11%	3%	30 Sept 2025
H1 2025	36	42%	4%	31 Mar 2025
H2 2024	36	43%	4%	1 Oct 2024
H1 2024	34	30%	3%	4 Apr 2024
H1 2023	31	56%	3%	19 Sept 2023
H1 2023	28	65%	2%	23 Mar 2023
H1 2022	26	58%	2%	20 Sept 2022
H1 2022	34	37%	5%	24 Mar 2022
H1 2021	29	52%	1%	28 Sept 2021
H1 2021	28	49%	1%	23 Mar 2021
H1 2020	29	50%	2%	12 Oct 2020
H1 2020	27	13%	1%	23 Mar 2020
H2 2019	24	12%	1%	16 Sept 2019
H1 2019	27	13%	1%	29 Mar 2019
H2 2018	26	10%	1%	25 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 8 Dec 1936
Registered office: 66-70 VICAR LANE, BRADFORD, BD99 2XG

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Aug 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 35-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £11,000 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 · Freemans Public Limited Company

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 35 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±1 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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