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Le Pain Quotidien, Ltd paid suppliers in 45 days on average — within its stated 7–45 day terms

CRN 05140197 · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
45daysavg time to pay · H2 2019

Their H2 2019 filing put the average 38 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 45-day upper term.

Their stated terms
7–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
50% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
6%
Reporting period
1 Jul 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 20 Jan 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid within their stated range — 45 against 7–45 days

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

38 → 45 days — slower across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Le Pain Quotidien, Ltd's H2 2019 filing put their average at 45 days against stated terms of 7–45 days; 50% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 6% took 61 days or longer. Filed 20 Jan 2020.

The direction is slower: from 38 days in H1 2018 to 45 now — 7 days slower across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 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

Payment terms vary between different suppliers. Certain capital expenditure is as low as 7 days, but our main food suppliers are 45 days.

Dispute resolution

All invoices are signed off by the relevant department prior to payment. Therefore, if the relevant department has any queries with the invoice, it will be queried with the supplier. Once the query is resolved, payment will be made.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20194550%6%20 Jan 2020
H1 20194342%4%30 Jul 2019
H2 20184442%2%30 Jan 2019
H1 20183831%1%30 Jul 2018

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 45-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 45-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 45-day cycle — about £15,000 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 · Le Pain Quotidien, Ltd

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (38 → 45 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 45; across their last 4 reports it ranged 38–45 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?
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.
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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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