Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Pentagon Freight Services PLC pays suppliers in 39 days on average — within its stated 1–60 day terms

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

39daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 38 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 1–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 13% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 7%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 8 Jul 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 39 against 1–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 39d

0 days65 days

reported avg 39 days their filed terms 1–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

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

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112675, period 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026, filed 8 Jul 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Pentagon Freight Services PLC pays within its stated range, 38 days past the shortest term. 13% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 7% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 19 reports

48 → 39 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 19 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days faster across the window. From 48 days in H1 2024 to 39 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Pentagon Freight Services PLC's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 39 days against stated terms of 1–60 days; 13% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 8 Jul 2026.

The direction is faster: from 48 days in H1 2024 to 39 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 64% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 19 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

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.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	39	13%	7%	8 Jul 2026
H2 2025	42	12%	10%	25 Jun 2026
H2 2025	43	7%	13%	13 Jan 2026
H1 2025	45	12%	12%	28 May 2025
H2 2024	44	11%	15%	5 Dec 2024
H1 2024	48	15%	17%	29 May 2024
H2 2023	49	15%	14%	24 Nov 2023
H1 2023	47	11%	26%	4 Jul 2023
H2 2022	44	13%	20%	15 Dec 2022
H1 2022	47	20%	20%	25 May 2022
H2 2021	49	17%	17%	19 Nov 2021
H1 2021	46	21%	21%	3 Jun 2021
H2 2020	42	12%	12%	20 Nov 2020
H1 2020	46	19%	19%	28 May 2020
H2 2019	48	16%	16%	27 Nov 2019
H1 2019	45	4%	4%	30 May 2019
H2 2018	46	14%	14%	3 Dec 2018
H1 2018	52	14%	14%	8 Jun 2018
H2 2017	50	12%	12%	19 Mar 2018

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 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 39-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. 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 (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Pentagon Freight Services PLC

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 filed report puts the average at day 39; across their last 6 reports it ranged 39–48 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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