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How long does Orangebox Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03406086 · Manufacturing · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
21 Jul 1997
Registered office
. PARC NANTGARW, CARDIFF, CF15 7QU
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Nov 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms7–90d
+32 days
Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d
their stated terms
18%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 65% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
43
43
43
42
38
39
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 40% 31–60 days 50% 61+ days 10%

The read · computed from their figures

Orangebox Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 43 to 39 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 18% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 10% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

18% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

In regards to the 90 days longest standard payment period, this comes from 60 days EOM terms in which the longest possible payment is on the 90th day.

Dispute resolution

Disputes can arise from purchase price not matching invoice or delivery note not matching invoice. This is resolved via contacting the relevant supplier either directly or through our purchasing department, to issue a credit note or confirm price increases. This usually takes 1-14 days to resolve. Then the invoice is either approved for payment at the normal due date or allocated against an invoice. The invoice is either matched against a credit note fully or partly, if the invoice is partly matched the balance will be paid when the invoice is due for payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263918%10%24 Mar 2026
H1 20253875%17%18 Sept 2025
H1 20254249%20%17 Mar 2025
H1 20244352%23%27 Sept 2024
H1 20244349%23%18 Mar 2024
H1 20234354%26%28 Sept 2023
H1 20234754%31%15 Mar 2023
H1 20224857%32%13 Sept 2022
H1 20225159%35%9 Mar 2022
H1 20214753%29%14 Sept 2021
H1 20215460%35%17 Mar 2021
H1 20205360%35%22 Sept 2020
H1 20205053%24%10 Mar 2020
H1 20195776%41%17 Sept 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £12,600 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 4 days faster over the window (43 → 39 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±3 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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