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How long does Freemans Public Limited Company take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00321643 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

35days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Around averagevs 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
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 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 21 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms21d
+14 days
Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

21d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
+4d
slower over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 57% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 21d
31
34
36
36
34
35
H1 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 50% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Freemans Public Limited Company has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 21 days.

The direction is slower: from 31 to 35 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

15% 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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263511%3%30 Mar 2026
H1 20253411%3%30 Sept 2025
H1 20253642%4%31 Mar 2025
H2 20243643%4%1 Oct 2024
H1 20243430%3%4 Apr 2024
H1 20233156%3%19 Sept 2023
H1 20232865%2%23 Mar 2023
H1 20222658%2%20 Sept 2022
H1 20223437%5%24 Mar 2022
H1 20212952%1%28 Sept 2021
H1 20212849%1%23 Mar 2021
H1 20202950%2%12 Oct 2020
H1 20202713%1%23 Mar 2020
H2 20192412%1%16 Sept 2019
H1 20192713%1%29 Mar 2019
H2 20182610%1%25 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 35-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 21-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £5,500 more than the same account would carry at 21-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 has moved about 4 days slower over the window (31 → 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.
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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