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How long does Burton's Foods Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02086754 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

75days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2 Jan 1987
Registered office
ST PAUL'S HOUSE, LONDON, EC4M 7BP
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 75.

Stated terms7–90d
+68 days
Reported avg75d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d
their stated terms
57%
invoices paid outside terms
+12d
slower over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 93% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
63
65
76
75
74
75
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 6% 31–60 days 22% 61+ days 72%

The read · computed from their figures

Burton's Foods Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 75 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 63 to 75 days over the window — about 12 days slower.

In the latest period 57% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 72% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

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. 92% of invoices were paid within 7 days of the due dates within the period.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20267557%72%31 Mar 2026
H1 20257440%69%29 Sept 2025
H1 20257552%72%24 Apr 2025
H1 20247656%74%8 Oct 2024
H1 20246553%56%18 Mar 2024
H1 20236360%53%22 Sept 2023
H1 20236577%58%20 Mar 2023
H1 20226863%62%22 Sept 2022
H2 20216659%58%13 Jan 2022
H1 20216659%59%16 Jul 2021
H2 20206760%61%24 Jan 2021
H1 20206760%62%24 Jul 2020
H2 20196752%63%27 Jan 2020
H1 20196554%61%26 Jul 2019
H2 20186957%66%29 Jan 2019
H1 20186861%66%25 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 75-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 75-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £29,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 75-day cycle — about £26,800 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 has moved about 12 days slower over the window (63 → 75 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 75, moving within about ±1 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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