Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Birds Eye Limited paid suppliers in 72 days on average — within its stated 60–90 day terms

CRN 00343496 · Manufacturing · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2025

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2025 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

72daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing put the average 12 days past the shortest term they state (60 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 60–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 35% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 72%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2025 – 30 Jun 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 21 Jul 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 72 against 60–90 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 72d

0 days100 days

reported avg 72 days their filed terms 60–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 21% 61+ days 72%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #99404, period 1 Jan 2025 – 30 Jun 2025, filed 21 Jul 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Birds Eye Limited paid within its stated range, 12 days past the shortest term. 35% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 72% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

68 → 72 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 15 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days slower across the window. From 68 days in H2 2022 to 72 in the H1 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 60-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Birds Eye Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 72 days against stated terms of 60–90 days; 35% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 72% took 61 days or longer. Filed 21 Jul 2025.

The direction is slower: from 68 days in H2 2022 to 72 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 15 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance 8% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We do not have standard payment terms. Payment terms are part of the commercial negotiation and are individually agreed with our suppliers.

Dispute resolution

If we dispute an invoice, we aim to promptly inform and work with the supplier to reach a mutually acceptable outcome. Suppliers should contact our Accounts Payable team with any questions relating to the payment of invoices.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	72	35%	72%	21 Jul 2025
H2 2024	69	64%	76%	13 Feb 2025
H1 2024	73	57%	63%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	76	45%	74%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	68	51%	68%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	68	68%	61%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	69	65%	63%	19 Jul 2022
H2 2021	65	63%	58%	31 Jan 2022
H1 2021	66	71%	57%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	67	70%	59%	1 Jul 2021
H1 2020	75	76%	57%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	71	68%	62%	5 Feb 2020
H1 2019	77	81%	70%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	75	95%	68%	18 Jun 2019
H1 2018	72	99%	66%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 Aug 1938
Registered office: FORGE, 43, WOKING, GU21 6HT

8 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 72-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 72-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £28,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 72-day cycle — about £4,700 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 · Birds Eye Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days slower over the window (68 → 72 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 72; across their last 6 reports it ranged 68–76 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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.

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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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