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How long does Rathbone Kear Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 05417123 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 26 Apr 2026

63days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
7 Apr 2005
Registered office
HILMORE HOUSE, BRADFORD, BD3 7DL
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jul 2026 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 63.

Stated terms7–60d
+56 days
Reported avg63d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
1%
invoices paid outside terms
+15d
slower over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 83% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
48
46
55
52
53
63
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 3% 31–60 days 9% 61+ days 88%

The read · computed from their figures

Rathbone Kear Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 63 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 48 to 63 days over the window — about 15 days slower.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 88% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Rathbone Kear Limited has standard payment terms of 14 days for small suppliers (defined as having sales to Morrisons of less than £100k and submitting invoices electronically) and 7 days for livestock suppliers. All other suppliers' standard payment terms are 30 or 60 days.

Dispute resolution

If a supplier has a query regarding an invoice or payment it will be handled by our dedicated Accounts Payable help desk through both freephone telephone and email. Details of which are available on our website. Once it is logged, there is a formal resolution and escalation process in place. Suppliers are also able to contact the relevant site Accounts Payable teams directly for assistance or queries regarding invoices and payments

Other information

Average days to pay have been calculated on the basis of when cleared funds are received by the supplier in accordance with guidance from the Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy . Under our standard terms payment date is when the payment is processed. Morrisons makes a Supply Chain Finance solution available to its suppliers which allows them to receive payments ahead of their standard payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026631%88%26 May 2026
H2 2025530%43%25 Nov 2025
H1 2025523%40%22 May 2025
H2 2024551%52%25 Nov 2024
H1 2024461%38%24 May 2024
H2 2023480%30%28 Nov 2023
H1 2023432%17%31 May 2023
H2 2022453%19%28 Feb 2023
H1 2022392%18%11 Jul 2022
H1 2022431%17%1 Mar 2022
H1 2021430%18%20 Aug 2021
H1 2021422%20%24 Feb 2021
H1 2020427%21%28 Aug 2020
H1 2020457%22%20 Feb 2020
H1 2019422%21%2 Sept 2019
H1 2019442%25%1 Mar 2019
H1 2018412%21%31 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 63-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 63-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 63-day cycle — about £22,100 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 15 days slower over the window (48 → 63 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 63, moving within about ±6 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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