Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Slug and Lettuce Company Limited pays suppliers in 39 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 06295354 · Accommodation & food · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

39daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 32 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

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

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 56% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 9%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Oct 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 39 against 7–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 39d

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reported avg 39 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

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

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #104438, period 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025, filed 30 Oct 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Slug and Lettuce Company Limited pays within its stated range, 32 days past the shortest term. 56% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 9% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

Holding steady around 39 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 12 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 39 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±4 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Slug and Lettuce Company Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 39 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 56% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 9% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Oct 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 61% of the 145 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

That is 12 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 payment terms are 60 days from invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Stonegate Pub Company Ltd has a dedicated accounts payable helpdesk that offers suppliers support through to query resolution. The team can be contacted by phone or email Monday to Friday. The majority of phone calls are answered immediately and contact by e-mail is acknowledged within 2 working days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	39	56%	9%	30 Oct 2025
H1 2025	44	54%	12%	30 Apr 2025
H2 2024	41	43%	5%	31 Oct 2024
H1 2024	37	21%	1%	30 Apr 2024
H2 2023	35	37%	4%	31 Oct 2023
H1 2023	39	25%	12%	28 Apr 2023
H2 2022	29	42%	18%	31 Oct 2022
H1 2022	43	16%	19%	29 Apr 2022
H2 2021	42	19%	22%	24 Nov 2021
H1 2019	46	12%	22%	13 Jun 2019
H2 2018	48	15%	25%	31 Oct 2018
H1 2018	47	16%	22%	24 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Jun 2007
Registered office: 3 MONKSPATH HALL ROAD, SOLIHULL, B90 4SJ

10 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 25 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 39-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £12,600 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 · Slug and Lettuce Company Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 39 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±4 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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