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How long does Lexington Catering Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03428444 · Administrative & support services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

69days
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
3 Sept 1997
Registered office
THE COURTYARD, MACCLESFIELD, SK11 6ET
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 69.

Stated terms0–60d
+69 days
Reported avg69d

At a glance

The key figures

0–60d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
-17d
faster over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 95% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

86
71
69
70
62
69
H2 2021H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 1% 31–60 days 39% 61+ days 60%

The read · computed from their figures

Lexington Catering Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 69 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 86 to 69 days over the window — about 17 days faster.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 60% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment terms are agreed on an individual basis but the majority are between 30 - 60 days end of month

Dispute resolution

Disputes or queries are resolved as and when they arise by way of dialogue / negotiation between the relevant supplier account manager and purchase ledger / purchasing

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266911%60%29 Apr 2026
H2 20256212%64%28 Oct 2025
H1 20257011%67%29 Apr 2025
H2 20246916%64%29 Oct 2024
H1 20247110%67%24 Apr 2024
H2 20218635%75%26 Oct 2021
H1 202110648%80%30 Apr 2021
H2 20208894%88%26 Oct 2020
H1 20207020%69%29 Apr 2020
H2 20196824%57%31 Oct 2019
H1 20196321%44%30 Apr 2019
H2 20185820%31%31 Oct 2018
H1 20185317%20%4 May 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 69-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 69-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 69-day cycle — about £27,200 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 17 days faster over the window (86 → 69 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 69, moving within about ±4 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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