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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Gregory Distribution Limited pays suppliers in 55 days on average — within its stated 31–76 day terms

CRN 01329163 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

55daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 24 days past the shortest term they state (31 days), still within their 76-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
31–76 days
Paid outside agreed terms
11% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
36%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 55 against 31–76 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 55 days

The read · computed from their figures

Gregory Distribution Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 55 days against stated terms of 31–76 days; 11% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 36% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 93% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The company operates payment to a set of standard terms. These are end of invoice month plus 45 days, except for fuel and labour related suppliers which are end of month plus 30 days from date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Claims for any disputed invoices are investigated by the finance department with the supplier to confirm the nature of the query. The invoice is typically placed on hold until the dispute is resolved. If the matter cannot be resolved by the finance department, the manager who placed the order for goods / services will be consulted to resolve the matter with their contact at the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265511%36%29 Apr 2026
H2 20255411%33%28 Oct 2025
H1 20255410%34%23 Apr 2025
H2 20245411%33%29 Oct 2024
H1 2024558%33%26 Apr 2024
H2 2023536%26%27 Oct 2023
H1 20235415%26%20 Apr 2023
H2 20225579%27%21 Oct 2022
H1 20225457%25%22 Apr 2022
H2 20215672%24%25 Oct 2021
H1 20215663%26%8 Apr 2021
H2 20205468%26%26 Oct 2020
H1 20205461%26%27 Apr 2020
H2 20194737%16%2 Oct 2019
H1 20194732%17%8 Apr 2019
H2 20184527%12%9 Nov 2018
H1 20184433%15%18 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Sept 1977
Registered office
NORTH PARK, NORTH TAWTON, EX20 2EB
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 55-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 55-day vs a 31-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 55-day cycle — about £9,500 more than the same account would carry at 31-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 · Gregory Distribution Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 55 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 55, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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