Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Tangent Trading Limited paid suppliers in 22 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 01900671 · Wholesale & retail trade · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

22daysavg time to pay · H2 2023

Their H2 2023 filing put the average 8 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 35% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 0%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2023 – 31 Dec 2023
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jan 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2023 filing

Paid 8 days inside the 30-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 22d

0 days40 days

reported avg 22 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 67% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 0%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #80324, period 1 Jul 2023 – 31 Dec 2023, filed 30 Jan 2024 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Tangent Trading Limited paid 8 days inside its stated 30-day term. 35% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 0% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2023 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

14 → 22 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 11 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

8 days slower across the window. From 14 days in H1 2020 to 22 in the H2 2023 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Tangent Trading Limited's H2 2023 filing put their average at 22 days against stated terms of 30 days; 35% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 0% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jan 2024.

The direction is slower: from 14 days in H1 2020 to 22 now — 8 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Tangent Trading Limited ('Tangent') deals on third party suppliers’ terms rather than its own and therefore does not have standard payment terms, nor does it require that particular sets of payment terms are included in third party supplier contracts depending on the supplier’s size. Tangent does however generally engage with third party suppliers on the following terms: (a) a payment period of 30 days of receipt of the relevant invoice; (b) payment of interest at the rate specified by the supplier in the relevant supplier agreement; and (c) submission to settlement discussions/the English courts (as provided for under the relevant supplier agreement) to determine any dispute if such cannot be resolved amicably between Tangent's Accounts Payables and Legal departments and the relevant supp

Dispute resolution

Tangent deals on third party suppliers’ terms rather than its own. Invoices must be made out to the correct company name and address and sent via email to the Accounts Payables department; any invoice queries are then directed to the relevant person within the business. Disputes are resolved per the process set out in the relevant supplier agreement involving Tangent's Accounts Payables and Legal departments and the relevant supplier. Any dispute would be governed by the governing law/jurisdiction clause in the relevant supplier agreement which is generally English law/English courts.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	22	35%	0%	30 Jan 2024
H1 2023	23	38%	0%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	24	43%	1%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	23	39%	0%	18 Jul 2022
H2 2021	23	27%	0%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2020	14	0%	0%	24 Jul 2020
H2 2019	14	0%	0%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	14	0%	0%	24 Jul 2019
H2 2018	14	0%	0%	17 Jan 2019
H1 2018	14	0%	0%	31 Jul 2018
H2 2017	14	0%	0%	23 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Mar 1985
Registered office: 155 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC2M 3TQ

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026 — overdue

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Quick answers · Tangent Trading Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 8 days slower over the window (14 → 22 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 22; across their last 6 reports it ranged 14–24 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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