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How long does Brother International Europe Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

17days
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
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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–45 days. Reported average: 17.

Stated terms7–45d
+10 days
Reported avg17d

At a glance

The key figures

7–45d
their stated terms
53%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 93% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
20
19
21
18
16
17
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

Brother International Europe Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 17 days against stated terms of 7–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 20 to 17 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 53% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261753%1%19 May 2026
H2 20251651%0%14 Nov 2025
H1 20251850%1%16 May 2025
H1 20242151%1%9 Aug 2024
H2 20231951%0%31 Oct 2023
H1 20232057%1%4 May 2023
H2 20222259%1%18 Nov 2022
H1 20222547%0%4 May 2022
H2 20212647%0%29 Oct 2021
H1 20212656%1%30 Apr 2021
H2 20202557%1%23 Oct 2020
H1 20202376%1%27 Apr 2020
H2 20191979%0%5 Nov 2019
H1 20192076%1%30 Apr 2019
H2 20182770%2%29 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 17-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 has moved about 3 days faster over the window (20 → 17 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 17, moving within about ±3 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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