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Swallowfield PLC paid suppliers in 73 days on average — inside its 120-day stated terms

CRN 01975376 · Wholesale & retail trade · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
73daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 47 days inside their stated 120-day term.

Their stated terms
120 days
Paid outside agreed terms
72% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
65%
Reporting period
13 Jan 2019 – 30 Jun 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Aug 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid 47 days inside the 120-day term they state

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

63 → 73 days — slower across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Swallowfield PLC's H1 2019 filing put their average at 73 days against stated terms of 120 days; 72% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 65% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Aug 2019.

The direction is slower: from 63 days in H1 2018 to 73 now — 10 days slower across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days

Dispute resolution

via e-mail

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20197372%65%2 Aug 2019
H1 20197658%72%2 Aug 2019
H1 20187258%70%2 Aug 2019
H1 20186346%56%2 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
7 Jan 1986
Registered office
UNITS B & C ORBITAL FORTY SIX, IVER, SL0 9HW
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Swallowfield PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (63 → 73 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 73; across their last 4 reports it ranged 63–76 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 Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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