Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited paid suppliers in 36 days on average — 6 days past its stated terms

CRN 02239912 · Extraterritorial bodies · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 26 Mar 2022

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 26 Mar 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

36daysavg time to pay · H1 2022

Their H1 2022 filing put the average 6 days past the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 81% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 26 Sept 2021 – 26 Mar 2022
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 2 May 2022

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2022 filing

Paid 6 days past their stated terms

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

avg 36d

0 days40 days

reported avg 36 days their filed terms 30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 38% 31–60 days 56% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #58035, period 26 Sept 2021 – 26 Mar 2022, filed 2 May 2022 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited paid 6 days past its own stated terms. 81% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2022 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

40 → 36 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 8 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days faster across the window. From 40 days in H2 2019 to 36 in the H1 2022 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited's H1 2022 filing put their average at 36 days against stated terms of 30 days; 81% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 May 2022.

The direction is faster: from 40 days in H2 2019 to 36 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 8 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

Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the supplier, Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited shall pay the invoiced amounts within 30 days of the date of a correctly rendered invoice.

Dispute resolution

Any disputes in the first instance will be referred to the representative who has normal day-to-day contact in relation to the goods or services supplied. If a dispute is not able to be resolved at this level, then the dispute may be escalated to Director level. Redress from the Courts for disputes that cannot be resolved is viewed as a last resort and the company would therefore seek to resolve any ongoing dispute through mediation wherever possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2022	36	81%	6%	2 May 2022
H2 2021	35	78%	6%	2 Dec 2021
H1 2021	41	80%	8%	27 Apr 2021
H2 2020	44	79%	7%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	44	81%	10%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	40	81%	8%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	41	81%	9%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	40	82%	7%	23 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 6 Apr 1988
Registered office: CRANE COURT HESSLEWOOD OFFICE PARK, HESSLE, HU13 0PA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 36-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £2,400 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (40 → 36 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 36; across their last 6 reports it ranged 35–44 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?

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.

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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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