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Spicers Limited paid suppliers in 64 days on average — within its stated 7–120 day terms

CRN 00425809 · Wholesale & retail trade · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
64daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 57 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 120-day upper term.

Their stated terms
7–120 days
Paid outside agreed terms
22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
53%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 16 Jan 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 64 against 7–120 days

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

67 → 64 days — faster across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Spicers Limited's H2 2019 filing put their average at 64 days against stated terms of 7–120 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 53% took 61 days or longer. Filed 16 Jan 2020.

The direction is faster: from 67 days in H1 2018 to 64 now — 3 days faster across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

61 days

Dispute resolution

Will work with supplier to resolve

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20196422%53%16 Jan 2020
H1 20196825%58%29 Jul 2019
H2 20186716%59%24 Jan 2019
H1 20186718%62%25 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
16 Dec 1946
Registered office
12 WELLINGTON PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 4AP
7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2020

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 64-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 64-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 64-day cycle — about £22,500 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 · Spicers Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (67 → 64 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 64; across their last 4 reports it ranged 64–68 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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