Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

CPL Distribution Limited pays suppliers in 48 days on average — 3 days past its stated terms

CRN 00544782 · Wholesale & retail trade · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

48daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 3 days past the 45-day term they state.

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

Their stated terms: 45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 34% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 27%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 3 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–55

avg 48d

0 days55 days

reported avg 48 days their filed terms 45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 56% 61+ days 27%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111027, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 28 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

CPL Distribution Limited pays 3 days past its own stated terms. 34% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 27% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

45 → 48 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 15 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

3 days slower across the window. From 45 days in H1 2023 to 48 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 45-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

CPL Distribution Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 48 days against stated terms of 45 days; 34% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 27% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Apr 2026.

The direction is slower: from 45 days in H1 2023 to 48 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 75% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 15 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

30 days following the end of the month in which the invoice is received

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are addressed first by the purchase ledger team who will discuss any issues arising with the supplier and will involve appropriate operational personnel if required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	48	34%	27%	28 Apr 2026
H2 2025	51	56%	32%	1 Dec 2025
H2 2024	49	48%	28%	29 Oct 2024
H1 2024	49	30%	22%	2 May 2024
H2 2023	45	40%	22%	5 Mar 2024
H1 2023	45	36%	17%	20 Jun 2023
H2 2022	48	41%	25%	16 Nov 2022
H1 2022	41	30%	17%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	42	12%	15%	1 Nov 2021
H1 2021	40	11%	14%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	42	14%	18%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	35	20%	6%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	31	29%	2%	30 Oct 2019
H1 2019	30	27%	3%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	32	30%	2%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 19 Feb 1955
Registered office: WESTTHORPE FIELDS ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S21 1TZ

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

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 48-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 · CPL Distribution Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (45 → 48 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 48; across their last 6 reports it ranged 45–51 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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