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How long does Brown and Mason Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00686405 · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2019

84days
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.

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Oct 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 84.

Stated terms0–90d
+84 days
Reported avg84d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d
their stated terms
47%
invoices paid outside terms
-19d
faster over the window
±10d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 98% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

103
86
86
84
H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 68%

The read · computed from their figures

Brown and Mason Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 84 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 103 to 84 days over the window — about 19 days faster.

In the latest period 47% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 68% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment will be made on the relevant payment run 60 days from the end of the month following the date of the invoice. The invoice must be received in accordance with the cut off dates for each month which are supplied yearly. For an invoice to be accepted it must have the correct purchase order number quoted on the invoice. Where applicable the job ticket/delivery note should be provided with the invoice

Dispute resolution

When an invoice is in dispute it is flagged upon input to the purchase ledger system as a query. Reports are run and emails are sent out to suppliers detailing the nature of the dispute. To resolve the dispute the supplier needs to provide the information requested or a credit note

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20198447%68%29 Nov 2019
H1 20198648%69%30 May 2019
H2 20188644%68%30 Nov 2018
H1 201810366%83%31 May 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 84-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 84-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £33,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 84-day cycle — about £33,100 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 has moved about 19 days faster over the window (103 → 84 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 84, moving within about ±10 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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