Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Farol Limited pays suppliers in 41 days on average — within its stated 1–180 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 40 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 180-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 1–180 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 5% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 15%
- Reporting period
- 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Aug 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 41 against 1–180 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports
44 → 41 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Farol Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 41 days against stated terms of 1–180 days; 5% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Aug 2026.
The direction is faster: from 44 days in H1 2024 to 41 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 60% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.
That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2022) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
It is the company policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission and approval of satisfactory invoices.
Dispute resolution
Individuals approving invoices will notify both our accounts department and the supplier themselves if an invoice is in dispute. We aim to resolve queries as quickly as possible to everyone's satisfaction prior to payment being made. Depending on the nature of the dispute, will determine the timescale and next steps for each individual queried invoice.
Other information
The data we have provided includes invoices that have only been paid late due to us receiving these invoices late from our suppliers and in addition to this also includes invoices that are in dispute. As a business we will always try and pay to our agreed supplier payment terms. To this end, and to ensure timely payments are made, we run a payment run once a week. However, this in itself, will invariably will result some our payments to appear late, even if only by one or two days.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 41 | 5% | 15% | 28 Aug 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 45 | 4% | 21% | 13 Feb 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 45 | 5% | 21% | 13 Nov 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 46 | 5% | 22% | 25 Feb 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 45 | 6% | 21% | 27 Aug 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 44 | 5% | 21% | 19 Feb 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 44 | 4% | 21% | 10 Aug 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 43 | 6% | 20% | 13 Feb 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 44 | 6% | 21% | 5 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 46 | 6% | 25% | 11 Feb 2022 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 9 Feb 2001
- Registered office
- RYCOTE LANE FARM, THAME, OX9 2NZ
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 41-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 41-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.
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.
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