Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Heron Foods Limited pays suppliers in 35 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms

CRN 01392197 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Mar 2026

35daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 28 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 9% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 5%
Reporting period: 28 Sept 2025 – 28 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 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 — 35 against 7–90 days

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avg 35d

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reported avg 35 days their filed terms 7–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 38% 31–60 days 57% 61+ days 5%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #110922, period 28 Sept 2025 – 28 Mar 2026, filed 27 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Heron Foods Limited pays within its stated range, 28 days past the shortest term. 9% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 5% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

43 → 35 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

8 days faster across the window. From 43 days in H2 2023 to 35 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Heron Foods Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 35 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 9% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 43 days in H2 2023 to 35 now — 8 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 57% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Heron Foods does not set standard payment terms. Payment terms are generally agreed with each supplier.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are referred to the relevant accounts payable team. Common disputes are relating to price/quantities or non receipt of invoice.

Other information

Payment terms are negotiated on an individual basis with each type of supplier for the goods supplied. All payments are made via BACS either weekly or monthly in line with payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	35	9%	5%	27 Apr 2026
H2 2025	35	8%	4%	29 Oct 2025
H1 2025	49	14%	9%	24 Apr 2025
H2 2024	41	14%	9%	28 Oct 2024
H1 2024	49	23%	10%	30 Apr 2024
H2 2023	43	21%	11%	20 Oct 2023
H1 2023	50	15%	11%	24 Apr 2023
H2 2022	44	18%	12%	21 Oct 2022
H1 2022	49	23%	14%	25 Apr 2022
H2 2021	38	19%	10%	22 Oct 2021
H1 2021	40	38%	12%	29 Apr 2021
H2 2020	40	13%	11%	26 Oct 2020
H1 2020	40	15%	12%	29 Apr 2020
H2 2019	39	16%	10%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	37	13%	10%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	38	28%	11%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 3 Oct 1978
Registered office: THE VAULT DAKOTA DRIVE, SPEKE, L24 8RJ

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 35-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Heron Foods Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 8 days faster over the window (43 → 35 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 35; across their last 6 reports it ranged 35–49 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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