Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
First Manchester Limited paid suppliers in 44 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms
Their H1 2025 filing put the average 16 days inside their stated 60-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 8% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 20%
- Reporting period
- 30 Sept 2024 – 29 Mar 2025
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 25 Apr 2025
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing
Paid 16 days inside the 60-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports
54 → 44 days — faster across the window
The read · computed from their figures
First Manchester Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 44 days against stated terms of 60 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 20% took 61 days or longer. Filed 25 Apr 2025.
The direction is faster: from 54 days in H2 2022 to 44 now — 10 days faster across their last 6 reports.
That is 14 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
The Company’s standard payment terms are 60 days from date of valid invoice. It is the Group’s policy to agree appropriate payment terms for each transaction or series of transactions, and to abide by those terms on the submission of a valid invoice. The Company regularly agrees variations to the standard terms with individual suppliers depending on the nature of the goods/services and other circumstances.
Dispute resolution
The Company is committed to dealing with suppliers in a fair, consistent and transparent manner. We seek to resolve any invoice queries as quickly as possible between the Accounts Payable team and the relevant supplier. If a dispute cannot be resolved it is escalated to the relevant Head of Department and Procurement.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2025 | 44 | 8% | 20% | 25 Apr 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 52 | 11% | 31% | 17 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 55 | 6% | 24% | 15 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 52 | 7% | 27% | 12 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 53 | 6% | 29% | 18 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 54 | 7% | 30% | 19 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 56 | 5% | 28% | 22 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 55 | 5% | 33% | 27 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 57 | 6% | 35% | 15 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 63 | 7% | 42% | 28 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 55 | 10% | 38% | 27 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 61 | 4% | 48% | 28 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 57 | 10% | 43% | 23 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 60 | 27% | 46% | 29 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 12 May 1993
- Registered office
- THE POINT, 8TH FLOOR, LONDON, W2 1AF
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