Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Forest Garden Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01771349 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

51days

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 1983
Registered office: UNIT 288 HARTLEBURY TRADING ESTATE, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 4JB

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–75 days. Reported average: 51.

Stated terms7–75d

+44 days

Reported avg51d

At a glance

The key figures

7–75d

their stated terms

27%

invoices paid outside terms

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 61% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 27% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 37%

The read · computed from their figures

Forest Garden Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 51 days against stated terms of 7–75 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 27% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 37% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard Procurement payment terms for the company are end of month + 60 days

Dispute resolution

Any disputes are resolved in consultation with the supplier. Where applicable, credits are raised or debits applied to the correct account and the invoice settled. Timescales are dependent upon supplier and interaction timeframes.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	51	27%	37%	17 Feb 2026
H1 2025	46	21%	33%	23 Jul 2025
H2 2024	49	11%	27%	24 Jan 2025
H1 2024	47	5%	23%	26 Jul 2024
H2 2023	45	4%	26%	6 Feb 2024
H1 2023	49	5%	26%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	50	5%	31%	26 Jan 2023
H1 2022	46	4%	25%	27 Jul 2022
H2 2021	48	4%	27%	25 Jan 2022
H1 2021	49	6%	22%	15 Jul 2021
H2 2020	48	5%	19%	22 Jan 2021
H1 2020	48	5%	23%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	52	12%	31%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	48	4%	21%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	50	7%	21%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	54	6%	26%	26 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 51-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 51-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 51-day cycle — about £17,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 ±3 days period to period, around 51 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 51, moving within about ±3 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).

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