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How long does Penna PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01918150 · Administrative & support services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

27days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
31 May 1985
Registered office
10 BISHOPS SQUARE, LONDON, E1 6EG
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms0–60d
+27 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
17%
invoices paid outside terms
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 53% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

29
26
26
26
24
27
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 87% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Penna PLC has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: http://www.newsmediauk.org/ Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Utilise 60 days payment terms as standard

Dispute resolution

All disputes are handled by our Accounts Payable department. Any escalation after 24 hours are managed by the Team Leader. After 48 Hours are managed by The manager After 72 hours the Head of Department will engage to resolve

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262717%0%27 Jul 2026
H2 20252415%0%30 Jan 2026
H1 20252617%0%30 Jul 2025
H2 20242617%0%4 Feb 2025
H1 20242616%0%11 Aug 2024
H2 20232913%1%31 Jan 2024
H1 20232511%0%25 Jul 2023
H2 20223710%0%30 Jan 2023
H1 2022309%0%28 Jul 2022
H2 20213112%0%25 Jan 2022
H1 20212711%0%28 Jul 2021
H2 20203323%0%21 Jan 2021
H1 20203112%0%23 Jul 2020
H2 20193416%1%20 Jan 2020
H1 20193525%0%15 Jul 2019
H2 20183511%0%22 Jan 2019
H1 20183525%0%15 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £10,600 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 is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 27 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±2 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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