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How long does Mccain Foods (G.b.) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00733218 · Agriculture, forestry & fishing · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

48days
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
22 Aug 1962
Registered office
HAVERS HILL, SCARBOROUGH, YO11 3BS
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms0–120d
+48 days
Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d
their stated terms
34%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 87% of the 38 large companies reporting in agriculture, forestry & fishing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

54
55
55
56
50
48
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 37% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 25%

The read · computed from their figures

Mccain Foods (G.b.) Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

The direction is faster: from 54 to 48 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 34% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 25% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We have various payment terms ranging from immediate upto 120 days. however our standard payment terms are 60 days net from date of invoice and the majority of our suppliers are on 60 day terms

Dispute resolution

The first contact for disputes is the McCain payment centre, contactable by phone during weekday working hours or by email. The McCain payment centre directs queries to either the identified buyer or the GB finance team if the buyer details are not clear. Escalation channels are available through both the Procurement and Finance organistaion

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264834%25%24 Jul 2026
H2 20255034%25%26 Jan 2026
H1 20255647%30%22 Jul 2025
H2 20245542%26%24 Jan 2025
H1 20245541%21%20 Jan 2025
H2 20235436%23%7 Feb 2024
H1 20235639%26%27 Jul 2023
H2 20225442%25%26 Jan 2023
H1 20225447%26%19 Jul 2022
H2 20215342%26%24 Jan 2022
H1 20215647%32%29 Jul 2021
H2 20205446%30%25 Jan 2021
H1 20205548%30%22 Jul 2020
H2 20195238%23%15 Jan 2020
H1 20195442%23%18 Jul 2019
H2 20185242%23%29 Jan 2019
H1 20185147%27%24 Jul 2018
H2 20175452%33%31 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £18,900 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 6 days faster over the window (54 → 48 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 48, moving within about ±4 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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