Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does MCD Group Limited take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 5 Nov 1946
- Registered office
- GORSEY LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B46 1JU
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 15–130 days. Reported average: 36.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
MCD Group Limited has filed 9 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 36 days against stated terms of 15–130 days.
The direction is faster: from 57 to 36 days over the window — about 21 days faster.
In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 8% landed 61+ days out.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
A singular standard payment term does not exist across our supplier base due to the long-standing relationships that we have with our suppliers. The majority of terms are 10th of second month following date of invoice (being 40 to 70 days) or 10th of third month following date of invoice (being 70 to 100 days). In most cases settlement discount is included within the terms. Any amendments to such terms are negotiated and agreed by both parties. For service provider suppliers (i.e. excluding stock for resale suppliers) standard payment terms are end of month following date of invoice (being 30 to 60 days).
Dispute resolution
• All invoices are registered onto the system on receipt and subsequently authorised at the earliest possible date. • If for any reason there is a discrepancy between the invoice value and what our internal purchase order system is expecting the invoice is suspended pending confirmation of the query to determine if this is a supplier or internal error. • If it is deemed that the query is due to supplier error, a linked debit note is raised on our system and emailed to the supplier informing them of the query. • Once the credit note is received from the supplier it is authorised onto our system automatically authorising the invoice previously held under query. • The authorised invoice will then be paid in the next payment run to the supplier.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2024 | 36 | 2% | 8% | 23 Jul 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 35 | 2% | 7% | 23 Apr 2024 |
| H1 2021 | 57 | 9% | 48% | 16 Aug 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 52 | 12% | 39% | 12 Feb 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 61 | 14% | 52% | 30 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 57 | 15% | 45% | 10 Feb 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 57 | 14% | 46% | 11 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 56 | 13% | 45% | 11 Jul 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 55 | 10% | 41% | 30 Jul 2018 |
Working-capital effect
What a 36-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.
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.
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
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