Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

L.J. Fairburn and Son Limited pays suppliers in 37 days on average — within its stated 2–60 day terms

CRN 01182857 · Agriculture, forestry & fishing · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

37daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 35 days past the shortest term they state (2 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 2–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 12%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 14 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 37 against 2–60 days

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

avg 37d

0 days65 days

reported avg 37 days their filed terms 2–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 36% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 12%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117403, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 14 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

L.J. Fairburn and Son Limited pays within its stated range, 35 days past the shortest term. 20% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 12% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

41 → 37 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days faster across the window. From 41 days in H1 2024 to 37 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 2-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

L.J. Fairburn and Son Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 37 days against stated terms of 2–60 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 12% took 61 days or longer. Filed 14 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 41 days in H1 2024 to 37 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 69% of the 39 large companies reporting in agriculture, forestry & fishing.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

7% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payments are run on a weekly basis. The most frequently used is 30 days after week of delivery. The second most frequently used is the payment run on the second Friday of the month, in the second month after invoice date.

Dispute resolution

If an invoice is in dispute we contact the supplier to query and discuss the invoice. If credit is due, the invoice is held until credit is received.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	37	20%	12%	14 Oct 2026
H1 2026	36	16%	12%	28 Apr 2026
H2 2025	37	15%	12%	29 Oct 2025
H1 2025	39	13%	11%	28 Apr 2025
H2 2024	38	18%	13%	29 Oct 2024
H1 2024	41	21%	14%	25 Apr 2024
H2 2023	42	19%	17%	25 Oct 2023
H1 2023	43	19%	20%	17 Apr 2023
H2 2022	40	23%	16%	21 Oct 2022
H1 2022	41	21%	17%	14 Apr 2022
H2 2021	41	21%	17%	19 Oct 2021
H1 2021	41	22%	18%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	42	22%	18%	21 Oct 2020
H1 2020	41	20%	17%	28 Apr 2020
H2 2019	43	21%	18%	21 Oct 2019
H1 2019	44	24%	20%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	44	22%	19%	30 Oct 2018
H1 2018	44	25%	23%	27 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 3 Sept 1974
Registered office: IVY HOUSE FARM OFFICE, ALFORD, LN13 9PL

15 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 37-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 2-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £13,800 more than the same account would carry at 2-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 · L.J. Fairburn and Son Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (41 → 37 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 37; across their last 6 reports it ranged 36–41 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?

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

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