Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Atlantic Foods Limited paid suppliers in 45 days on average — 31 days past its stated terms

CRN 05335933 · Manufacturing · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Dec 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 28 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 31 days past the 14-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 14 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 1%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2019 – 28 Dec 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 25 Feb 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2019 filing

Paid 31 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 45d

0 days50 days

reported avg 45 days their filed terms 14 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 81% 61+ days 1%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #29200, period 1 Jul 2019 – 28 Dec 2019, filed 25 Feb 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Atlantic Foods Limited paid 31 days past its own stated terms. 0% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 1% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2019 filing.

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

40 → 45 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 4 of 4 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 40 days in H1 2018 to 45 in the H2 2019 filing; the dashed line marks the 14-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Atlantic Foods Limited's H2 2019 filing put their average at 45 days against stated terms of 14 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 25 Feb 2020.

The direction is slower: from 40 days in H1 2018 to 45 now — 5 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

Standard terms of 45 days from invoice receipt, paid end of week.

Dispute resolution

All invoices have contact details in terms of disputes. These are then reviewed by the finance team and resolved accordingly.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	45	0%	1%	25 Feb 2020
H1 2019	37	0%	0%	24 Sept 2019
H2 2018	32	0%	3%	8 Mar 2019
H1 2018	40	5%	5%	18 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 Jan 2005
Registered office: 76 MOSLEY STREET, BURTON-ON-TRENT, DE14 1DS

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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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 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 45-day cycle — about £12,200 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 · Atlantic Foods Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (40 → 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 32–45 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?

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

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