Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Brother International Europe Limited pays suppliers in 17 days on average — within its stated 7–45 day terms

CRN 00664172 · Wholesale & retail trade · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

17daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 10 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 45-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 7–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 53% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 19 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 17 against 7–45 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 17d

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reported avg 17 days their filed terms 7–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 79% 31–60 days 20% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111912, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 19 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Brother International Europe Limited pays within its stated range, 10 days past the shortest term. 53% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

20 → 17 days — getting faster

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 faster across the window. From 20 days in H1 2023 to 17 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Brother International Europe Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 17 days against stated terms of 7–45 days; 53% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 19 May 2026.

The direction is faster: from 20 days in H1 2023 to 17 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 93% 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

Brother International Europe would normally expect to agree payment terms of 30 days but may vary in accordance with individual agreements with suppliers. Credits to Brother International Europe are offset against the next available payments

Dispute resolution

Payment queries are directed to the Accounts department. Any disputes are to be resolved by the responsible Departments of the company. In the rare event that a resolution cannot be reached disputes can be escalated to the finance leadership team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	17	53%	1%	19 May 2026
H2 2025	16	51%	0%	14 Nov 2025
H1 2025	18	50%	1%	16 May 2025
H1 2024	21	51%	1%	9 Aug 2024
H2 2023	19	51%	0%	31 Oct 2023
H1 2023	20	57%	1%	4 May 2023
H2 2022	22	59%	1%	18 Nov 2022
H1 2022	25	47%	0%	4 May 2022
H2 2021	26	47%	0%	29 Oct 2021
H1 2021	26	56%	1%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	25	57%	1%	23 Oct 2020
H1 2020	23	76%	1%	27 Apr 2020
H2 2019	19	79%	0%	5 Nov 2019
H1 2019	20	76%	1%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	27	70%	2%	29 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 5 Jul 1960
Registered office: BROTHER HOUSE, AUDENSHAW, M34 5JE

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 17-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 17-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 17-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Brother International Europe Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (20 → 17 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 17; across their last 6 reports it ranged 16–21 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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