Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Noble Foods Limited take to pay its suppliers?
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
- 22 Sept 1998
- Registered office
- WATERFRONT BUILDING, LOTUS PARK, STAINES-UPON-THAMES, TW18 3AG
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 0–60 days. Reported average: 27.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting slower
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Noble Foods Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 0–60 days.
The direction is slower: from 23 to 27 days over the window — about 4 days slower.
In the latest period 26% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.
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 |
Working-capital effect
What a 27-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.
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.
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
Report PL-03636168 · latest period to 31 Mar 2026
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