Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Arla Foods Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02143253 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

55days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 30 Jun 1987
Registered office: ARLA HOUSE, LEEDS VALLEY PARK, LS10 1AB

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 55.

Stated terms60d

-5 days

Reported avg55d

At a glance

The key figures

60d

their stated terms

48%

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 69% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 27% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 26%

The read · computed from their figures

Arla Foods Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 55 days against stated terms of 60 days.

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

In the latest period 48% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 26% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Yes, this business has signed up to: signatories to The Fair Payment Code must commit to paying 95% of their invoices wi Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Arla Foods Ltd standard payment terms are 60 days for suppliers with signed contracts. Due dates are calculated by applying agreed terms to the latter of a valid invoice presented or goods receipt date. All invoices are paid on our calculated due date. If an invoice falls due during a weekend or holiday, the payment transaction is executed on the following business day. The report contains results for both internal and external suppliers. Please find our payment policy on https://www.arla.com/legal-information/payment-policy/

Dispute resolution

In case of any disputes related to payment terms, a supplier can contact S2P Department at: [email protected] or write to Arla Foods Ltd, 4 Savannah Way Leeds Valley Park, Leeds, LS10 1AB or call: 0 113 3827 202

Other information

Invoices due but not paid within agreed terms: - if transfer time ignored for all suppliers(2 days for GBP, 1 day for other currencies) -H2 2025 - 34% vs 34% H1 2026, - if weekends & holidays are excluded H2 2025- 13% vs 17% H1 2026.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	55	48%	26%	14 Jul 2026
H2 2025	54	48%	29%	29 Jan 2026
H1 2025	54	56%	30%	31 Jul 2025
H2 2024	52	52%	26%	7 Feb 2025
H1 2024	52	63%	25%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	54	58%	25%	20 Mar 2024
H1 2023	54	58%	28%	19 Jul 2023
H2 2022	48	56%	28%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	55	55%	28%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	55	45%	29%	14 Feb 2022
H1 2021	54	57%	28%	23 Aug 2021
H2 2020	54	55%	27%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	53	55%	28%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	53	57%	27%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	52	59%	26%	31 Jul 2019
H2 2018	53	58%	26%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	57	78%	56%	26 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 55 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 55, moving within about ±2 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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