Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

BEN-Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund pays suppliers in 22 days on average — within its stated 14–30 day terms

CRN 02163894 · Accommodation & food · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

22daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days past the shortest term they state (14 days), still within their 30-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 14–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 17% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 11%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 20 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 22 against 14–30 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 22d

0 days40 days

reported avg 22 days their filed terms 14–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 83% 31–60 days 6% 61+ days 11%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #110584, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 20 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

BEN-Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund pays within its stated range, 8 days past the shortest term. 17% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 11% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

27 → 22 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 16 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days faster across the window. From 27 days in H2 2023 to 22 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

BEN-Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 22 days against stated terms of 14–30 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 11% took 61 days or longer. Filed 20 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 27 days in H2 2023 to 22 now — 5 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 76% of the 145 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Ben's payment terms are normally 30 days from receipt by the Finance department of a correctly addressed invoice containing all the required information, quoting a Purchase Order number for which the goods and services have been confirmed as received.

Dispute resolution

In the event of a dispute, the Ben colleague who ordered the goods/service would aim to resolve the matter by referring to the original order to identify variances to the specification or any other relevant matter etc. If the dispute remains unresolved it shall be referred to the Ben Financial Operations Lead in the first instance.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	22	17%	11%	20 Apr 2026
H2 2025	25	5%	5%	8 Oct 2025
H1 2025	33	17%	11%	4 Apr 2025
H2 2024	23	12%	4%	14 Oct 2024
H1 2024	31	15%	7%	5 Apr 2024
H2 2023	27	20%	7%	3 Nov 2023
H1 2023	19	11%	7%	21 Apr 2023
H2 2022	18	8%	4%	25 Oct 2022
H1 2022	19	12%	6%	12 Apr 2022
H2 2021	18	8%	2%	11 Oct 2021
H1 2021	17	6%	2%	9 Apr 2021
H2 2020	16	8%	3%	12 Oct 2020
H1 2020	19	12%	3%	12 May 2020
H2 2019	21	15%	4%	14 Oct 2019
H1 2019	23	14%	2%	25 Sept 2019
H2 2018	19	16%	4%	29 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 14 Sept 1987
Registered office: BLANDY & BLANDY LLP, READING, RG1 1DA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 22-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 22-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £8,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 22-day cycle — about £3,200 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · BEN-Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days faster over the window (27 → 22 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 22; across their last 6 reports it ranged 22–33 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

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How often is this data updated?

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Is this official government data?

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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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