Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does West Bromwich Albion Football Club Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03295063 · Arts & entertainment · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

39days

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 31 Dec 2022 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: 16 Dec 1996
Registered office: THE HAWTHORNS, WEST MIDLANDS, B71 4LF

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–30 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms0–30d

+39 days

Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

0–30d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

+4d

slower over the window

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 80% of the 74 large companies reporting in arts & entertainment.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 3 statutory reports.

H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 42% 61+ days 14%

The read · computed from their figures

West Bromwich Albion Football Club Limited has filed 3 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2021). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 0–30 days.

The direction is slower: from 35 to 39 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 14% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company's standard payment terms are that invoices are paid at the end of the month following the month in which the invoice is dated.

Dispute resolution

Disputes will come through to Accounts Payable, and will be escalated to the Financial Controller should that be seen necessary, with scope to escalate further to the Finance Director. Where appropriate, disputes could be escalated further to the Legal Counsel.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2022	39	8%	14%	23 Feb 2023
H1 2022	36	6%	12%	16 Jul 2022
H2 2021	35	7%	9%	14 Feb 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £15,400 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 4 days slower over the window (35 → 39 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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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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