Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Tulip Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00608077 · Manufacturing · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Jun 2026

59days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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: 16 Jul 1958
Registered office: FIRST FLOOR BELMONT HOUSE, UXBRIDGE, UB8 1HE

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–180 days. Reported average: 59.

Stated terms0–180d

+59 days

Reported avg59d

At a glance

The key figures

0–180d

their stated terms

82%

invoices paid outside terms

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 77% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 25% 31–60 days 30% 61+ days 45%

The read · computed from their figures

Tulip Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 59 days against stated terms of 0–180 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 82% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 45% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

PUK has over 40 payment terms in use. The most common being equivalent to 30 days from date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Where possible Pilgrim's Pride match all invoices automatically through a three way match process. Any issue arising from a failure to match is assigned back to the ordering site electronically for correction and controlled through electronic workflows. If issues are not resolved through this internal process then the buyer will contact supplier and agree resolution.

Other information

Payment terms are negotiated with each supplier and a wide range are available for use. The terms used have been agreed to by suppliers and there is a strong commitment to meet these terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	59	82%	45%	29 Jul 2026
H2 2025	56	82%	44%	2 Feb 2026
H1 2025	57	82%	42%	24 Jul 2025
H2 2024	61	80%	49%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	54	63%	42%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	59	63%	45%	29 Jan 2024
H1 2023	66	69%	50%	20 Jul 2023
H2 2022	59	66%	46%	18 Jan 2023
H1 2022	62	67%	46%	30 Jun 2022
H2 2021	58	66%	44%	14 Jan 2022
H1 2021	63	69%	49%	23 Jul 2021
H1 2021	62	67%	49%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	58	73%	44%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	56	78%	43%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	56	80%	42%	31 Oct 2019
H1 2019	55	80%	41%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	57	81%	43%	31 Oct 2018
H1 2018	60	83%	52%	30 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 59-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 59-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 59-day cycle — about £23,300 more than the same account would carry at 0-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 59 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 59, moving within about ±3 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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