Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Noble Foods Limited pays suppliers in 27 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 33 days inside their stated 60-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 60 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 26% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 7%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Apr 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid 33 days inside the 60-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports
23 → 27 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Noble Foods Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 27 days against stated terms of 60 days; 26% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Apr 2026.
The direction is slower: from 23 days in H1 2023 to 27 now — 4 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 91% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.
That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Noble have two distinct categories of suppliers – agricultural suppliers and other suppliers. Payment terms for agricultural suppliers vary between 3 days and 27 days, with the most frequently used term being 17 days. For other suppliers, our contractual payments terms vary between 0 and 75 days, but the most frequently used payment terms being between 30 days and 60 days.
Dispute resolution
The Company advises a supplier is there if an issue with goods or services delivered and requests a credit note. If this is disputed by the supplier the person raising the purchase order would act as the first point of contact for a supplier to raise a payment dispute.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 27 | 26% | 7% | 28 Apr 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 24 | 12% | 4% | 12 May 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 24 | 11% | 4% | 7 Jan 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 23 | 10% | 3% | 7 May 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 23 | 9% | 3% | 1 Nov 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 23 | 8% | 3% | 3 May 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 23 | 8% | 3% | 31 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 23 | 8% | 3% | 12 May 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 23 | 7% | 3% | 4 Nov 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 23 | 9% | 4% | 30 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 23 | 9% | 4% | 29 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 24 | 9% | 4% | 22 Apr 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 22 | 8% | 3% | 30 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 24 | 8% | 3% | 30 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 25 | 7% | 4% | 29 Oct 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 26 | 8% | 3% | 30 Apr 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 22 Sept 1998
- Registered office
- WATERFRONT BUILDING, LOTUS PARK, STAINES-UPON-THAMES, TW18 3AG
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