Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Duferco UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03538773 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

47days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1 Apr 1998
Registered office: DUFERCO HOUSE, BROMSGROVE, B60 3DX

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–45 days. Reported average: 47.

Stated terms30–45d

+17 days

Reported avg47d

At a glance

The key figures

30–45d

their stated terms

73%

invoices paid outside terms

-4d

faster over the window

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 73% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 25% 31–60 days 52% 61+ days 23%

The read · computed from their figures

Duferco UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 47 days against stated terms of 30–45 days.

The direction is faster: from 51 to 47 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 73% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 23% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

"Duferco UK (DUK) has three different kind of suppliers: 1. suppliers of material, 2. suppliers of service (e.g. transportation cost, storage etc.), 3. suppliers of overhead (e.g. auditors, consultants, etc.). Each of these three categories has differents payment terms and different practices. 1. MATERIAL: the standard payment term is 45 days from bill of lading date. IMPORTANT NOTE: DUK buy most of the material from Duferco SA, a related group company based in Switzerland. DUFERCO SA ALLOW DUK TO DELAY PAYMENTS OF MATERIAL, THEREFORE THE STATISTICS ON THE UNPAID INVOICES PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE INTRAGROUP (AND INTERNATIONAL) TRANSACTIONS. 2. SERVICE: the standard payment term is 30 days from invoice date. 3. OVERHEAD: the standard payment term is b

Dispute resolution

DUK has a very solid relationship with its suppliers and in case of disputes, they are resolved through negotiations both verbally and written. The department in charge of this process is the accounting and payable office.

Other information

IMPORTANT NOTE: DUK buy most of the material from Duferco SA, a related group company based in Switzerland. DUFERCO SA ALLOW DUK TO DELAY PAYMENTS OF MATERIAL, THEREFORE THE STATISTICS ON THE UNPAID INVOICES PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE INTRAGROUP (AND INTERNATIONAL) TRANSACTIONS.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	47	73%	23%	6 May 2026
H2 2025	52	68%	23%	22 Oct 2025
H1 2025	46	49%	14%	9 Jul 2025
H2 2024	45	56%	18%	20 Dec 2024
H1 2024	43	57%	16%	23 Jul 2024
H2 2023	51	60%	22%	14 Dec 2023
H1 2023	52	69%	27%	23 May 2023
H2 2022	46	64%	18%	19 Dec 2022
H1 2022	62	72%	29%	16 Jun 2022
H2 2021	45	71%	20%	27 Oct 2021
H1 2021	45	78%	16%	4 Jun 2021
H2 2020	45	78%	16%	12 Jan 2021
H1 2020	43	80%	14%	5 May 2020
H2 2019	49	70%	20%	28 Oct 2019
H1 2019	52	71%	22%	29 Apr 2019
H2 2018	63	76%	30%	8 Nov 2018
H1 2018	52	68%	22%	26 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 47-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £6,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 (51 → 47 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 47, moving within about ±4 days. 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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