Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ben Burgess & Co Limited paid suppliers in 25 days on average — 18 days past its stated terms

CRN 04172275 · Wholesale & retail trade · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2025

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jan 2025 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

25daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing put the average 18 days past the 7-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 1% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 6%
Reporting period: 1 Aug 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 17 Jun 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid 18 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–40

avg 25d

0 days40 days

reported avg 25 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 75% 31–60 days 19% 61+ days 6%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112374, period 1 Aug 2024 – 31 Jan 2025, filed 17 Jun 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Ben Burgess & Co Limited paid 18 days past its own stated terms. 1% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 6% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

32 → 25 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 14 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

7 days faster across the window. From 32 days in H1 2022 to 25 in the H1 2025 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Ben Burgess & Co Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 25 days against stated terms of 7 days; 1% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 17 Jun 2026.

The direction is faster: from 32 days in H1 2022 to 25 now — 7 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 14 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

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

The company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a professional manner. We aim to resolve queries as quickly as possible to everyone's satisfaction prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved it is escalated to the Financial Controller to seek a resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	25	1%	6%	17 Jun 2026
H1 2024	26	1%	8%	17 Jun 2026
H1 2024	27	7%	11%	30 Jul 2024
H1 2023	33	9%	9%	2 Aug 2023
H1 2023	32	9%	10%	27 Mar 2023
H1 2022	32	9%	11%	1 Aug 2022
H1 2022	32	9%	12%	28 Feb 2022
H1 2021	32	9%	11%	23 Aug 2021
H1 2021	32	9%	8%	17 Feb 2021
H1 2020	32	9%	11%	28 Aug 2020
H1 2020	32	9%	11%	28 Feb 2020
H1 2019	32	9%	12%	30 Aug 2019
H1 2019	32	6%	12%	27 Feb 2019
H1 2018	30	6%	10%	29 Aug 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 5 Mar 2001
Registered office: 24 KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON, EC4R 9AT

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Oct 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 25-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 25-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 25-day cycle — about £7,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · Ben Burgess & Co Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (32 → 25 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 25; across their last 6 reports it ranged 25–33 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?

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The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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