Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02357989 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

35days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs 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: 10 Mar 1989
Registered office: ARTISAN, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP12 4HJ

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Nov 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms0–60d

+35 days

Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d

their stated terms

19%

invoices paid outside terms

-25d

faster over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 75% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 62% 31–60 days 29% 61+ days 9%

The read · computed from their figures

Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 60 to 35 days over the window — about 25 days faster.

In the latest period 19% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 9% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days inventory, and 30 days for other services

Dispute resolution

Every effort is made to resolve all payment related disputes and queries quickly. The supplier is immediately contacted by email or phone and the query is resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	35	19%	9%	23 Mar 2026
H1 2025	36	20%	8%	11 Sept 2025
H1 2025	40	36%	14%	13 Mar 2025
H1 2024	37	54%	10%	25 Sept 2024
H1 2024	24	46%	5%	26 Mar 2024
H1 2023	60	52%	20%	27 Sept 2023
H1 2023	50	65%	20%	31 Mar 2023
H1 2022	39	49%	15%	30 Sept 2022
H1 2022	28	34%	4%	30 Mar 2022
H1 2021	35	34%	12%	30 Sept 2021
H1 2021	35	27%	9%	30 Mar 2021
H1 2020	31	24%	8%	30 Sept 2020
H1 2020	32	30%	11%	30 Mar 2020
H1 2019	30	20%	5%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	31	18%	4%	25 Mar 2019
H1 2018	33	23%	8%	24 Sept 2018
H1 2018	36	32%	11%	23 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 35-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £13,800 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 25 days faster over the window (60 → 35 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±3 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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