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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Lexington Catering Limited pays suppliers in 69 days on average — 9 days past its stated terms

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

69daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 9 days past the 60-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
11% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
60%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 9 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 13 reports

86 → 69 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Lexington Catering Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 69 days against stated terms of 60 days; 11% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 60% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 86 days in H2 2021 to 69 now — 17 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 95% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 13 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

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

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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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 69-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 69-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 69-day cycle — about £3,500 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 · Lexington Catering Limited

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 filed report puts the average at day 69; across their last 6 reports it ranged 62–86 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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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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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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