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How long does Lemaca Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 03868206 · Accommodation & food · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

15days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs 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
29 Oct 1999
Registered office
C/O MCDONALDS RESTAURANTS LTD, NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, ST5 1QQ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 5–45 days. Reported average: 15.

Stated terms5–45d
+10 days
Reported avg15d

At a glance

The key figures

5–45d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 84% of the 148 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 5d
10
12
12
12
12
15
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 91% 31–60 days 7% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Lemaca Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 15 days against stated terms of 5–45 days.

The direction is slower: from 10 to 15 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

90% of the invoices are paid on a direct debit basis and are collected within 30 days from the date of the invoice. All other invoices are paid within the terms as agreed with the supplier.

Dispute resolution

As 90% of invoices are paid on a direct debit basis there would be no dispute which would hold up payment, any disputed amount would be credited or debited the following month. The other 10% being smaller local business with long standing personal relationships, would be resolved within the payment terms by a simple phone discussion and an agreed resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026159%2%29 Jul 2026
H2 2025125%1%22 Jan 2026
H1 2025127%1%25 Jul 2025
H2 2024125%1%22 Jan 2025
H1 2024125%1%26 Jul 2024
H2 2023102%1%30 Jan 2024
H1 2023126%1%28 Jul 2023
H2 2022115%1%25 Jan 2023
H1 2022133%1%28 Jul 2022
H2 2021123%1%27 Jan 2022
H1 2021130%0%29 Jul 2021
H2 20201710%4%28 Jan 2021
H1 2020169%3%21 Aug 2020
H2 2019102%0%24 Jan 2020
H1 2019110%0%25 Jul 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 15-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 15-day vs a 5-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 15-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 5-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 5 days slower over the window (10 → 15 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 15, moving within about ±2 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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