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Company of Cooks Ltd. paid suppliers in 70 days on average — within its stated 60–90 day terms

CRN 03395673 · Accommodation & food · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
70daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 10 days past the shortest term they state (60 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Their stated terms
60–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
99% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
76%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2021 – 30 Jun 2021
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2021

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid within their stated range — 70 against 60–90 days

The read · computed from their figures

Company of Cooks Ltd.'s H1 2021 filing put their average at 70 days against stated terms of 60–90 days; 99% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 76% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2021.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days end of month

Dispute resolution

Accounts payable operate a shared mailbox that is used by suppliers for comments and queries. Also this can be escalated via the procurement team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20217099%76%30 Jul 2021
H2 2020918%9%26 May 2021

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Jul 1997
Registered office
PARKLANDS COURT 24 PARKLANDS, RUBERY, B45 9PZ
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 70-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 70-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 70-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 60-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Company of Cooks Ltd.

What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 70. 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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