Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does R.twining and Company 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
- 27 Oct 1953
- Registered office
- WESTON CENTRE, LONDON, W1K 4QY
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 31.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Holding steady
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
R.twining and Company Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 31 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.
In the latest period 24% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Standard payment terms for suppliers are within 60 days of the invoice. This is stated on all our purchase orders and applied to all suppliers, unless different terms are negotiated. Where suppliers are identified as small, our standard practice is to pay these within 30 days of the invoice, unless shorter terms are negotiated.
Dispute resolution
1. Suppliers are advised at the time of sending a purchase order to raise any future queries with the person who has created them. The Finance team are able to inform suppliers with the name of this person. 2. If a supplier believes we have failed to make a payment within the time it is due then they would normally raise this with either the person who raised the purchase order or the Finance team. 3. Twinings take a proactive approach to managing any disputes regarding payments.
Other information
Following the implementation of a new ERP in 2025, we continue to experience some challenges in our payment processes. These are stable and we have in place an improvement plan to enhance our process and capabilities. We expect to see a reduction in the number of invoices not paid with in terms going forward.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 31 | 24% | 6% | 26 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 33 | 29% | 11% | 26 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 29 | 19% | 5% | 28 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 28 | 14% | 4% | 24 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 25 | 11% | 2% | 29 Mar 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 30 | 11% | 5% | 20 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 27 | 14% | 5% | 17 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 30 | 15% | 5% | 29 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 31 | 10% | 8% | 30 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 29 | 15% | 6% | 30 Sept 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 27 | 10% | 6% | 25 Mar 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 28 | 10% | 4% | 29 Sept 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 28 | 9% | 4% | 31 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 31 | 36% | 9% | 25 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 37 | 52% | 16% | 29 Mar 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 38 | 61% | 15% | 28 Sept 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 32 | 58% | 16% | 27 Mar 2018 |
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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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