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How long does Motorway Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00637019 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

35days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
14 Sept 1959
Registered office
2 VANTAGE COURT, TICKFORD STREET, NEWPORT PAGNELL, MK16 9EZ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 40 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms40d
-5 days
Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

40d
their stated terms
46%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 57% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 40d
35
36
36
36
36
35
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 50% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Motorway Services Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 40 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 46% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms agreed with most suppliers are 40 days. The company operates a weekly supplier payment run by BACS, which will include all processed invoices due when the payment run is compiled (barring those on hold or in dispute). There are some notable exceptions to these terms: - Franchise fees for many of the brands operated by the company are paid monthly on a date set by the franchisor. - Direct Debits are utilised where deemed required and fit for purpose.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved through regular supplier statement reconciliation, investigation of outstanding invoices and checking of supporting documentation for evidence of delivery, confirmation of order price, etc. Disputes that cannot be resolved by the Accounts Payable function are escalated to the senior management team for guidance and support in negotiations with suppliers

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263546%6%27 Jul 2026
H2 20253676%4%28 Jan 2026
H1 2025360%2%30 Jul 2025
H2 20243663%2%28 Jan 2025
H1 20243673%2%30 Jul 2024
H2 20233557%3%29 Jan 2024
H1 20233657%3%31 Jul 2023
H2 20223961%7%31 Jan 2023
H1 20223784%3%28 Jul 2022
H2 20213785%3%26 Jan 2022
H1 20213979%5%29 Jul 2021
H2 20203384%4%28 Jan 2021
H1 20203680%6%24 Jul 2020
H2 20193479%4%30 Jan 2020
H1 20193685%3%24 Jul 2019
H2 20183990%7%9 Jan 2019
H1 20183888%5%14 Aug 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 35 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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