Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Fine Lady Bakeries Limited pays suppliers in 43 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms

CRN 00455692 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 26 Sept 2026

43daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 36 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 47% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 16%
Reporting period: 28 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 9 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 43 against 7–90 days

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

avg 43d

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reported avg 43 days their filed terms 7–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 37% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 16%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117338, period 28 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026, filed 9 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Fine Lady Bakeries Limited pays within its stated range, 36 days past the shortest term. 47% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 16% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

52 → 43 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days faster across the window. From 52 days in H1 2024 to 43 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Fine Lady Bakeries Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 43 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 47% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 16% took 61 days or longer. Filed 9 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 52 days in H1 2024 to 43 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 56% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms range between 30 days from the date of invoice to 60 days following the end of the month of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Any payment disputes should be directed to [email protected] or through our switchboard on 01295 227600, asking for Accounts Payable. We investigate all disputes and aim to resolve them as soon as possible

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	43	47%	16%	9 Oct 2026
H1 2026	43	33%	15%	20 Apr 2026
H2 2025	45	44%	47%	15 Oct 2025
H1 2025	45	56%	19%	15 May 2025
H2 2024	51	45%	21%	11 Oct 2024
H1 2024	52	46%	19%	3 May 2024
H2 2023	47	46%	17%	17 Oct 2023
H1 2023	48	44%	22%	26 Apr 2023
H2 2022	47	45%	18%	21 Oct 2022
H1 2022	45	33%	17%	20 Apr 2022
H2 2021	56	44%	20%	26 Oct 2021
H1 2021	48	59%	18%	23 Apr 2021
H2 2020	46	43%	19%	16 Oct 2020
H1 2020	46	47%	19%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	45	41%	18%	18 Oct 2019
H1 2019	45	40%	18%	23 Apr 2019
H2 2018	46	43%	19%	17 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 Jun 1948
Registered office: BUGBROOKE MILLS, NORTHAMPTON, NN7 3QH

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 43-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £14,200 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 · Fine Lady Bakeries Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (52 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 43; across their last 6 reports it ranged 43–52 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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