Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Burton'S Foods Limited pays suppliers in 74 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 67 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 7–90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 58% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 71%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 74 against 7–90 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports
65 → 74 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Burton'S Foods Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 74 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 58% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 71% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Sept 2026.
The direction is slower: from 65 days in H1 2024 to 74 now — 9 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 93% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.
That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
No standard payment terms exist, with terms negotiated on an individual supplier basis
Dispute resolution
Complaints or concerns should be passed to the accounts payable team, quoting the purchase order number and invoice details. The accounts payable team will then esclate to the relevant department to resolve any outstanding issues around price, quantity or delivery.
Other information
The company pays the majority of suppliers with a weekly BACS payment run. All invoices due and cleared for payment at this time are processed in the payment run. Operating a once a week BACS payment run can result in invoices being paid up to one week late which materialy impacts the company's statistics. 94% of invoices were paid within 7 days of the due dates within the period.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 74 | 58% | 71% | 29 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 75 | 57% | 72% | 31 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 74 | 40% | 69% | 29 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 75 | 52% | 72% | 24 Apr 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 76 | 56% | 74% | 8 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 65 | 53% | 56% | 18 Mar 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 63 | 60% | 53% | 22 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 65 | 77% | 58% | 20 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 68 | 63% | 62% | 22 Sept 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 66 | 59% | 58% | 13 Jan 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 66 | 59% | 59% | 16 Jul 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 67 | 60% | 61% | 24 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 67 | 60% | 62% | 24 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 67 | 52% | 63% | 27 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 65 | 54% | 61% | 26 Jul 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 69 | 57% | 66% | 29 Jan 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 68 | 61% | 66% | 25 Jul 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2 Jan 1987
- Registered office
- ST PAUL'S HOUSE, LONDON, EC4M 7BP
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 74-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 74-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.
Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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.
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