Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Spirit Pub Company (Supply) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 04341771 · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

44days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–90 days. Reported average: 44.

Stated terms60–90d

-16 days

Reported avg44d

At a glance

The key figures

60–90d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 75% of large companies reporting.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 27% 31–60 days 57% 61+ days 16%

The read · computed from their figures

Spirit Pub Company (Supply) Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 44 days against stated terms of 60–90 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 5% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 16% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days following the end of the month of the invoice date. The maximum payment period is 60 days end of month. There have been no changes to standard payment terms in the reporting period.

Dispute resolution

The Greene King group has a dedicated accounts payable helpdesk that offers suppliers support through to query resolution. The team can be contacted by e-mail or phone Monday to Friday. Contact by e-mail is acknowledged within a maximum of 2 working days with all supplier queries being assigned a unique case number. The majority of phone calls are answered immediately. Greene King offers a supplier payment portal to allow suppliers to monitor and view all their account information, providing real time data that includes invoice approval and invoice payment status.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	44	5%	16%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	43	6%	10%	20 Jul 2023
H2 2022	44	6%	13%	18 Jan 2023
H1 2022	40	6%	9%	6 Jul 2022
H2 2021	46	5%	8%	13 Jan 2022
H1 2021	46	10%	16%	21 Jul 2021
H2 2020	45	8%	14%	30 Jan 2021
H2 2020	44	6%	14%	24 Nov 2020
H1 2020	38	6%	11%	18 May 2020
H2 2019	40	5%	12%	13 Nov 2019
H1 2019	38	7%	12%	28 May 2019
H2 2018	40	8%	12%	28 Nov 2018
H1 2018	39	9%	12%	29 May 2018
H2 2017	40	10%	15%	14 Nov 2017

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 44 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 44, 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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