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How long does PZ Cussons (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00748096 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

89days
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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
25 Jan 1963
Registered office
MANCHESTER BUSINESS PARK, MANCHESTER, M22 5TG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–180 days. Reported average: 89.

Stated terms7–180d
+82 days
Reported avg89d

At a glance

The key figures

7–180d
their stated terms
2%
invoices paid outside terms
+13d
slower over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 98% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
76
79
78
86
89
89
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 4% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 83%

The read · computed from their figures

PZ Cussons (UK) Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 89 days against stated terms of 7–180 days.

The direction is slower: from 76 to 89 days over the window — about 13 days slower.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 83% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days end of month following date of receipt in PDF mailbox

Dispute resolution

Terms can be agreed/disputed by contacting Procurement or the person who placed the order. They will then seek approval from the company code finance director to amend terms in our system - without this approval no changes will be made.

Other information

Please note that all our payment terms are calculated from the date we receive/scan the invoice, not from the invoice date itself. We have moved from Monthly to weekly payment runs - Now, every Monday, we create payment runs to include anything due within the same week. The funds will then reach the vendors' bank accounts on Thursdays.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026892%83%29 Jun 2026
H2 2025891%82%13 Aug 2026
H1 2025863%82%30 Jun 2025
H1 2024785%77%4 Sept 2024
H2 20237913%76%15 Dec 2023
H1 20237614%3%30 Jun 2023
H2 20227615%69%20 Dec 2022
H1 20227514%68%27 Jun 2022
H2 20217125%66%30 Dec 2021
H1 20217524%66%29 Jun 2021
H2 20207222%66%4 Jan 2021
H1 20207429%66%30 Jun 2020
H2 20197224%64%23 Jan 2020
H1 20197428%63%21 Jun 2019
H2 20187323%56%20 Dec 2018
H1 20188027%69%31 Aug 2018
H2 20178146%75%8 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 89-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 89-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £35,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 89-day cycle — about £32,300 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 13 days slower over the window (76 → 89 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 89, moving within about ±6 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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