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How long does Pentagon Freight Services PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01162218 · Transport & storage · 19 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

39days
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
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Mar 1974
Registered office
32-33 CLIPPER BOULEVARD, DARTFORD, DA2 6QB
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 5 Aug 2026 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–60 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms1–60d
+38 days
Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

1–60d
their stated terms
13%
invoices paid outside terms
-9d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 64% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
48
44
45
43
42
39
H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 31% 31–60 days 62% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Pentagon Freight Services PLC has filed 19 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 1–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 48 to 39 days over the window — about 9 days faster.

In the latest period 13% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

For most of our external non-related suppliers, excluding those providing financial services, our standard payment terms are normally around 45 days unless there is a significant business need to vary these terms

Dispute resolution

Any dispute is in the first instance dealt with by the local branch, who take responsibility for their procurement. If this is not resolved, then the Regional General Managers based in Dartford and Aberdeen would help bring the dispute to a resolution. The last resort would be the UK General Manager also based in Aberdeen

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263913%7%8 Jul 2026
H2 20254212%10%25 Jun 2026
H2 2025437%13%13 Jan 2026
H1 20254512%12%28 May 2025
H2 20244411%15%5 Dec 2024
H1 20244815%17%29 May 2024
H2 20234915%14%24 Nov 2023
H1 20234711%26%4 Jul 2023
H2 20224413%20%15 Dec 2022
H1 20224720%20%25 May 2022
H2 20214917%17%19 Nov 2021
H1 20214621%21%3 Jun 2021
H2 20204212%12%20 Nov 2020
H1 20204619%19%28 May 2020
H2 20194816%16%27 Nov 2019
H1 2019454%4%30 May 2019
H2 20184614%14%3 Dec 2018
H1 20185214%14%8 Jun 2018
H2 20175012%12%19 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £15,000 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 9 days faster over the window (48 → 39 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 39, 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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