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How long does The Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03100039 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

60days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Sept 1995
Registered office
142B PARK DRIVE, ABINGDON, OX14 4SE
3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Aug 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 60.

Stated terms7–60d
+53 days
Reported avg60d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
88%
invoices paid outside terms
+14d
slower over the window
±9d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 89% 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 7d
46
53
49
65
67
60
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 12% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 37%

The read · computed from their figures

The Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 60 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 46 to 60 days over the window — about 14 days slower.

In the latest period 88% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 37% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

14% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The majority of our contracts are usually 60 days from receipt of invoice, however there are instances where this can be adjusted as a result of wider contractual negotiations.

Dispute resolution

Disputes must be raised with the accounts payable team at [email protected]

Other information

A weekly payment run is undertaken which, will include all approved invoices that have become due within the previous five days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266088%37%17 Jun 2026
H2 20256786%47%16 Dec 2025
H1 20256593%44%30 Jun 2025
H2 20244940%17%12 Dec 2024
H1 20245345%23%25 Jun 2024
H2 20234689%18%14 Dec 2023
H1 20237697%64%27 Jun 2023
H2 20225468%31%20 Dec 2022
H1 20225117%19%28 Jun 2022
H2 20215110%18%16 Dec 2021
H1 20215111%15%15 Jun 2021
H2 20205516%17%14 Dec 2020
H1 20205518%16%22 Jun 2020
H2 20195112%12%19 Dec 2019
H1 20195124%39%26 Jun 2019
H2 20185568%36%20 Dec 2018
H1 20185063%28%22 Jun 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 60-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 60-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 60-day cycle — about £20,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 14 days slower over the window (46 → 60 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 60, moving within about ±9 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you 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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