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How long does Entertainment Magpie Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 06277562 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

4days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs 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
13 Jun 2007
Registered office
5A THE PARKLANDS, BOLTON, BL6 4SD
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0 days. Reported average: 4.

Stated terms0d
+4 days
Reported avg4d

At a glance

The key figures

0d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
±0d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 99% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

4
5
4
4
4
4
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 94% 31–60 days 4% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Entertainment Magpie Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 4 days against stated terms of 0 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The company's standard payment period is the contractual payment period set out in the supply contract. These vary between contracts and are typically as follows: For goods purchased from consumer suppliers payments are made the same working day for goods received on monday to friday before 2pm. If goods are received after 2pm, the supplier is paid the next working day. For goods purchased from other suppliers payment is made within 30 days following the end of the month of the invoice date.

Dispute resolution

If a supplier should for any reason have any complaints they can contact the relevant department dealing with their order or [email protected]. All complaints correspondence is dealt with via email or letter and the company will acknowledge and respond to the initial complaint within two working days. If a supplier is not satisfied with the response they can appeal against this. The company will respond to all appeals within three working days and issue final response

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026410%2%24 Apr 2026
H2 2025415%1%24 Apr 2026
H1 202540%1%25 Nov 2025
H2 202440%3%25 Nov 2025
H1 2024514%1%26 Jun 2024
H2 2023412%1%31 Jan 2024
H1 2023417%1%31 Jan 2024
H2 2022414%1%28 Feb 2023
H1 2022314%0%21 Sept 2022
H2 2021311%1%21 Feb 2022
H1 2021311%0%12 Oct 2021
H2 2020311%0%24 Dec 2020
H1 2020312%1%30 Jun 2020
H2 2019312%1%23 Dec 2019
H1 2019315%1%26 Jun 2019
H2 2018415%1%21 Dec 2018
H1 2018520%1%29 Jun 2018
H2 2017517%2%6 Dec 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 4-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 4-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £1,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 4-day cycle — about £1,600 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 is steady — within about ±0 days period to period, around 4 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 4, moving within about ±0 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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