Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Epta George Barker Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00726533 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

58days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Jun 1962
Registered office: HIGHFIELD WORKS HIGHFIELD ROAD, BRADFORD, BD10 8RU

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 58.

Stated terms30d

+28 days

Reported avg58d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

24%

invoices paid outside terms

-3d

faster over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 75% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2022H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 59% 61+ days 34%

The read · computed from their figures

Epta George Barker Ltd has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 58 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 61 to 58 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 24% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 34% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

4% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from end of month of invoice

Dispute resolution

nvoices are processed by Epta Group's centralised processing centre in Budapest, Hungary. Supplier queries or complaints are dealt with by this team in the first instance. If necessary the problem can be escalated to UK Finance Department to achieve a resolution.

Other information

Invoices are paid on the first payment run after the due date. Payment runs are generated weekly so on average >75% of invoices are paid within 7 days of due date.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	58	24%	34%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	56	27%	35%	21 Aug 2025
H2 2024	59	22%	35%	16 Apr 2025
H1 2024	57	19%	36%	16 Aug 2024
H2 2023	60	68%	36%	12 Feb 2024
H2 2022	61	77%	37%	20 Mar 2023
H1 2022	57	81%	25%	2 Aug 2022
H2 2021	49	80%	25%	14 Feb 2022
H1 2021	55	83%	28%	5 Aug 2021
H2 2020	62	84%	26%	31 Jan 2021
H1 2020	60	41%	31%	29 Jul 2020
H2 2019	54	44%	24%	19 Feb 2020
H1 2019	43	45%	26%	1 Aug 2019
H2 2018	44	48%	25%	4 Feb 2019
H1 2018	55	57%	33%	31 Jul 2018
H2 2017	56	60%	31%	30 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 58-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 58-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 58-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 (61 → 58 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 58, moving within about ±2 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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