Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Ab World Foods Limited take to pay its suppliers?

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

CRN 01400901 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

37days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 21 Nov 1978
Registered office: WESTON CENTRE, LONDON, W1K 4QY

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms30–60d

+7 days

Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-10d

faster over the window

±8d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 70% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 43% 31–60 days 54% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Ab World Foods Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 47 to 37 days over the window — about 10 days faster.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard payment terms are 30 days from invoice date for UK businesses with less than 50 employees and 60 days from date of invoice for any other suppliers. However there are non-standard terms agreed with suppliers which range from pro-forma to 90 days depending on the supplier and the type of goods and services purchased.

Dispute resolution

For disputes relating to payment, the procurement team will liaise with the supplier to resolve any disputes relating to pricing, quantity or quality issues as soon as a query is raised. In the case of pricing issues, prices will be checked to the original contract or agreed price list. All efforts are made to resolve all issues within 30 days and ideally before payment is due. We request that all suppliers provide Purchase Orders with invoices because without this delays in payment will occur.

Other information

Our payment statistics to UK suppliers are 96% of all invoices are paid <=60 days. Payment for the majority of our suppliers is via a weekly BACs payment run and we ensure the timing allows many of our suppliers to receive payment upto 8 days before payment due date. We continually strive to improve our payment practices and are currently in the process of automating significant processes to allow faster invoice processing, approval and payment. Payment terms are negotiated depending on the type of supplier and the type of goods or services purchased. For example whether the purchase is trade goods or non-trade goods/services.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	37	3%	3%	27 Mar 2026
H1 2025	44	16%	4%	29 Sept 2025
H1 2025	30	14%	2%	28 Mar 2025
H1 2024	46	15%	7%	27 Sept 2024
H1 2024	48	13%	7%	13 Mar 2024
H1 2023	47	12%	7%	11 Sept 2023
H1 2023	48	16%	10%	27 Mar 2023
H1 2022	48	21%	11%	26 Sept 2022
H1 2022	46	16%	10%	28 Mar 2022
H1 2021	50	18%	11%	25 Nov 2021
H1 2021	50	16%	10%	19 Mar 2021
H1 2020	49	16%	9%	28 Sept 2020
H1 2020	51	19%	14%	14 Apr 2020
H2 2019	52	39%	23%	10 Oct 2019
H1 2019	52	30%	24%	2 Apr 2019
H2 2018	54	44%	25%	10 Oct 2018
H1 2018	54	63%	38%	5 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 10 days faster over the window (47 → 37 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±8 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

Report PL-01400901 · latest period to 28 Feb 2026

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