Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Harrison Catering Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02856316 · Accommodation & food · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

64days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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: 23 Sept 1993
Registered office: OXFORD HOUSE, THAME, OX9 2AH

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 64.

Stated terms45d

+19 days

Reported avg64d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 95% of the 148 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 2% 31–60 days 32% 61+ days 66%

The read · computed from their figures

Harrison Catering Services Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 64 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 66% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Harrison Catering Services Ltd standard payment terms are 45 days from the month end date of a valid invoice unless a different contractual payment period has been agreed.

Dispute resolution

In the first instance, suppliers who have a query regarding an invoice should speak with the Harrison Catering finance team. Any unresolved queries can be escalated to the Purchasing Manager.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	64	0%	66%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	64	0%	65%	29 Oct 2025
H1 2025	63	1%	62%	10 May 2025
H2 2024	63	1%	57%	28 Oct 2024
H1 2024	57	5%	66%	30 Apr 2024
H2 2023	65	9%	63%	27 Oct 2023
H1 2023	64	9%	62%	16 May 2023
H2 2022	64	8%	61%	27 Oct 2022
H1 2022	61	6%	60%	17 May 2022
H2 2021	61	6%	55%	17 May 2022
H1 2021	64	8%	67%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	66	8%	72%	30 Apr 2021
H1 2020	64	6%	60%	18 May 2020
H2 2019	63	7%	62%	1 Nov 2019
H1 2019	61	7%	52%	1 May 2019
H2 2018	62	4%	55%	26 Nov 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 64-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 64-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 64-day cycle — about £7,500 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 64 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 64, moving within about ±1 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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