Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does S & A Produce (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02480021 · Agriculture, forestry & fishing · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2024

36days

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 30 Jun 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: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 12 Mar 1990
Registered office: BROOK FARM, HEREFORD, HR1 3ET

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 36.

Stated terms30d

+6 days

Reported avg36d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

47%

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

faster over the window

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 66% of the 38 large companies reporting in agriculture, forestry & fishing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 53% 31–60 days 40% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

S & A Produce (UK) Limited has filed 7 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 36 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is faster: from 42 to 36 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 47% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Subject to negotiation with each supplier

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by the finance department

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	36	47%	7%	21 Aug 2024
H2 2023	40	51%	13%	21 Aug 2024
H1 2023	40	61%	12%	21 Aug 2024
H2 2019	43	45%	18%	3 Feb 2020
H1 2019	45	60%	16%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	42	67%	14%	11 Feb 2019
H1 2018	31	51%	6%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 36-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 6 days faster over the window (42 → 36 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 36, moving within about ±4 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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