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How long does Aimia Foods Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01542173 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

48days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
28 Jan 1981
Registered office
PENNY LANE, MERSEYSIDE, WA11 0QZ
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 2 Oct 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms30–60d
+18 days
Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d
their stated terms
92%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 54% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
46
49
46
48
48
48
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 34% 31–60 days 41% 61+ days 25%

The read · computed from their figures

Aimia Foods Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

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

In the latest period 92% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 25% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Aimia have a number of standard terms the main two are 30 and 60 days EOM. Terms and Conditions of Purchase: Invoices shall be submitted by the Supplier for the supply of Goods in accordance with the Order. The Company shall be entitled to dispute the validity of any invoice and upon notification to the Supplier the invoice shall not become due, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold payment in whole or in part of any such invoice which the Company believes has been incorrectly submitted. Unless otherwise agreed in the Special terms or separately in writing, payment shall be due within the Supplier's respective agreed terms for example 60 days of the end of the month in which a valid invoice is received. The Company may set off, or deduct against the price for the Goods (including a

Dispute resolution

In case of dispute the invoice would be rejected by the authorising manager and placed on hold by the Purchase Ledger Clerk. The invoice would be queried with the supplier until a resolution has been agreed and a credit note / and replacement invoice (if applicable) is received. Purchase Ledger contact telephone: 01942 272 900. In accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Purchase; 7 b) If the Goods don not correspond with the Order, they may be rejected and the Order cancelled, whereupon the Company shall be under no further liability. If the Company elects not to cancel the Order, the Supplier at his own expense and without delay shall rectify or replacement as required any defects that arise.

Other information

Payment runs are done weekly and monthly. Weekly runs mean that some invoices are paid a few days early whilst some will be paid a few days late. Aimia's reporting periods are not based on calendar months which means that although a monthly run is done a number of payments which are due at the calendar month end will fall just outside the reporting calendar.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264892%25%29 Jul 2026
H2 20254897%34%27 Jan 2026
H1 20254887%33%15 Jul 2025
H2 20244685%31%24 Jan 2025
H1 20244968%34%13 Jul 2024
H2 20234679%30%26 Jan 2024
H1 20234778%35%17 Jul 2023
H2 20224780%33%24 Jan 2023
H1 20224781%36%29 Jul 2022
H2 20214883%37%26 Jan 2022
H1 20215181%41%22 Jul 2021
H2 20204966%34%26 Jan 2021
H1 20205469%40%28 Jul 2020
H2 20194887%48%30 Jan 2020
H1 20194976%36%19 Jul 2019
H2 20184988%36%25 Jan 2019
H1 20185081%37%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £7,100 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 is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 48 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 48, moving within about ±1 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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