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How long does Britannia Pharmaceuticals Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01557088 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

43days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
21 Apr 1981
Registered office
200 LONGWATER AVENUE, READING, RG2 6GP
7 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms0–90d
+43 days
Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d
their stated terms
21%
invoices paid outside terms
-28d
faster over the window
±8d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 64% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

71
55
49
56
40
43
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 48% 31–60 days 43% 61+ days 9%

The read · computed from their figures

Britannia Pharmaceuticals Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 71 to 43 days over the window — about 28 days faster.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 9% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days from date of invoice. Depending on the category of spend, higher or lower standard payment terms may also be employed in line with industry standards for those spend areas.

Dispute resolution

In case a supplier needs to contact Britannia Pharmaceuticals accounts payable department, an email address is available on every purchase order the supplier receives. Britannia Pharmaceuticals accounts payable department aims to resolve issues as promptly as possible, on average between 3 to 5 working days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264321%9%28 Jul 2026
H2 20254011%6%26 Jan 2026
H1 20255615%6%26 Aug 2025
H2 20244915%11%16 Jan 2025
H1 20245543%20%8 Oct 2024
H2 20237133%18%8 Oct 2024
H1 20235130%12%24 Jul 2023
H2 20224441%10%24 Jul 2023
H1 20224845%12%1 Aug 2022
H2 20215975%34%31 Jan 2022
H1 20215077%16%30 Jul 2021
H2 20205344%16%29 Jan 2021
H1 20205355%16%27 Jul 2020
H2 20194356%15%28 Jan 2020
H1 20194488%13%29 Jul 2019
H2 20184578%12%1 Feb 2019
H1 20183978%8%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £17,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 28 days faster over the window (71 → 43 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 43, moving within about ±8 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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).

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