Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Princes Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02328824 · Wholesale & retail trade · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2024

54days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 Dec 1988
Registered office: ROYAL LIVER BUILDING, LIVERPOOL, L3 1NX

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 54.

Stated terms60d

-6 days

Reported avg54d

At a glance

The key figures

60d

their stated terms

23%

invoices paid outside terms

+4d

slower over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 83% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 56% 61+ days 26%

The read · computed from their figures

Princes Limited has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 54 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is slower: from 50 to 54 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 23% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 26% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Price shall be payable by Princes to the Seller before expiry of 60 days from the date of delivery.

Dispute resolution

Our standard conditions of purchase require that before resorting to legal proceedings the parties shall attempt to amicably resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to the contract through negotiations.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	54	23%	26%	22 May 2024
H2 2023	52	20%	24%	1 Nov 2023
H1 2023	52	8%	29%	26 May 2023
H2 2022	51	7%	26%	1 Nov 2022
H1 2022	49	7%	25%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	50	8%	26%	29 Oct 2021
H1 2021	48	6%	24%	26 Apr 2021
H2 2020	50	8%	26%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	50	12%	26%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	53	20%	29%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	53	18%	29%	2 May 2019
H2 2018	49	12%	24%	30 Oct 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days slower over the window (50 → 54 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 54, moving within about ±2 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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