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How long does Cereform Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00346958 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Aug 2025

40days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs 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
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
5 Dec 1938
Registered office
WESTON CENTRE, LONDON, W1K 4QY
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 40.

Stated terms30–60d
+10 days
Reported avg40d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d
their stated terms
12%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
46
42
39
41
40
40
H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 51% 31–60 days 42% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Cereform Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 40 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 46 to 40 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 12% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days DOI. There were no changes to standard payment terms in the reporting period

Dispute resolution

If a dispute or difference arises out of these terms and conditions, without prejudice to any rights either party may have (including but not limited to the right to obtain injunctive relief and any right of the Buyer if it reasonably believes that the Seller has repudiated the Contract or is in material breach), either party may request that the parties attempt to settle it first by negotiation. If the parties have not settled such dispute within 21 days of the commencement of negotiations the parties will attempt to settle it by referring the matter to their respective general manager (or other relevant senior manager as may be agreed by the parties) who will attempt to resolve such dispute.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20254012%7%29 Sept 2025
H1 20254010%8%21 Mar 2025
H1 2024419%2%25 Sept 2024
H1 2024397%2%20 Mar 2024
H1 2023429%5%21 Sept 2023
H1 20234613%5%14 Mar 2023
H1 20224312%5%22 Sept 2022
H1 2022419%4%18 Mar 2022
H1 2021439%5%24 Sept 2021
H1 20214219%9%15 Mar 2021
H1 20204522%11%11 Sept 2020
H1 20205136%20%30 Mar 2020
H2 20195579%36%7 Oct 2019
H1 20196289%45%10 Apr 2019
H2 20185690%36%26 Sept 2018
H1 20185088%26%5 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 40-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 40-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 40-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 6 days faster over the window (46 → 40 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 40, 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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