Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Kepak Kirkham Limited pays suppliers in 26 days on average — within its stated 1–61 day terms

CRN 05101877 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Jun 2026

26daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 25 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 61-day upper term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 1–61 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 13% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 23%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2026 – 28 Jun 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 15 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 26 against 1–61 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–70

avg 26d

0 days70 days

reported avg 26 days their filed terms 1–61 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 45% 31–60 days 32% 61+ days 23%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116890, period 1 Jan 2026 – 28 Jun 2026, filed 15 Sept 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Kepak Kirkham Limited pays within its stated range, 25 days past the shortest term. 13% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 23% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

38 → 26 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

12 days faster across the window. From 38 days in H2 2023 to 26 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Kepak Kirkham Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 26 days against stated terms of 1–61 days; 13% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 23% took 61 days or longer. Filed 15 Sept 2026.

The direction is faster: from 38 days in H2 2023 to 26 now — 12 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 92% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We shall pay the price of the goods and services within 30 days of receipt of a correctly constituted VAT Invoice, or later, upon our acceptance of the goods and services in question.

Dispute resolution

Invoices are matched on receipt and disputed invoices notified to the supplier. Disputes are managed directly between the supplier and site and resolved items are then reprocessed.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	26	13%	23%	15 Sept 2026
H2 2025	52	29%	22%	25 Mar 2026
H1 2025	40	24%	26%	25 Mar 2026
H2 2024	44	46%	12%	5 Mar 2026
H1 2024	38	50%	6%	31 Jul 2024
H2 2023	38	45%	10%	3 Jul 2024
H1 2023	44	56%	9%	3 Jul 2024
H2 2022	44	56%	9%	3 Jul 2024
H1 2022	45	55%	8%	3 Jul 2024
H2 2021	45	57%	9%	3 Jul 2024
H1 2021	42	50%	4%	3 Jul 2024
H2 2020	45	53%	7%	3 Jul 2024
H1 2020	44	47%	6%	3 Jul 2024
H2 2019	47	57%	14%	3 Jul 2024
H1 2019	46	55%	9%	3 Jul 2024
H2 2018	46	55%	9%	3 Jul 2024
H1 2018	45	8%	8%	27 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Apr 2004
Registered office: THE SNACKHOUSE ST. GEORGES PARK, PRESTON, PR4 2DZ

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 26-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 26-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 26-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Kepak Kirkham Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 12 days faster over the window (38 → 26 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 26; across their last 6 reports it ranged 26–52 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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