Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Northern Foods Limited pays suppliers in 34 days on average — within its stated 1–120 day terms

CRN 00471864 · Professional & technical services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2025

34daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing puts the average 33 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 120-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 1–120 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 95% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 17%
Reporting period: 1 Feb 2025 – 31 Jul 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Sept 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 34 against 1–120 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–130

avg 34d

0 days130 days

reported avg 34 days their filed terms 1–120 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 51% 31–60 days 32% 61+ days 17%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #102954, period 1 Feb 2025 – 31 Jul 2025, filed 5 Sept 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Northern Foods Limited pays within its stated range, 33 days past the shortest term. 95% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 17% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

Holding steady around 34 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 34 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±4 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Northern Foods Limited's H1 2025 filing puts their average at 34 days against stated terms of 1–120 days; 95% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 17% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Sept 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 58% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We shall pay the price of the goods and the services on our first working day following the end of the third month following receipt of a correctly constituted VAT invoice or, if later, upon our acceptance of the goods or services in question.

Dispute resolution

Invoices are matched on receipt and disputed invoices notified to the supplier. Disputes are managed directly between the supplier and site and resolved items are then reprocessed.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	34	95%	17%	5 Sept 2025
H1 2025	28	76%	15%	21 Feb 2025
H1 2024	33	77%	21%	2 Sept 2024
H1 2024	35	84%	23%	27 Feb 2024
H1 2023	32	79%	19%	8 Sept 2023
H1 2023	35	79%	25%	8 Sept 2023
H1 2022	34	76%	22%	13 Sept 2022
H1 2022	30	81%	18%	3 Mar 2022
H1 2021	32	83%	17%	31 Aug 2021
H1 2021	26	83%	11%	1 Mar 2021
H1 2020	26	79%	16%	24 Sept 2020
H1 2020	28	79%	13%	27 Feb 2020
H1 2019	34	88%	23%	22 Aug 2019
H1 2019	34	84%	16%	25 Feb 2019
H1 2018	33	85%	20%	29 Aug 2018
H1 2018	33	86%	21%	27 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 Aug 1949
Registered office: TRINITY PARK HOUSE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8EE

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 34-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 34-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 34-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Northern Foods Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 34 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 34, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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How often is this data updated?

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Is this official government data?

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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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