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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Absolutely Catering Limited pays suppliers in 46 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 06313610 · Accommodation & food · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

46daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 39 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
20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
12%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 46 against 7–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

65 → 46 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Absolutely Catering Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 46 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 12% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 65 days in H2 2022 to 46 now — 19 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 70% of the 145 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 20% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days, this is the payment of invoices on the 28th of the month following processing to predetermined cut off days, normally two days prior to period end.invoices are paid on time based on invoice date,this equates to 60 days on average.All small businesses with employees of 50 or less are paid on 30 days terms

Dispute resolution

Disputed invoices are managed locally by the operating units,challenges are made directly with the suppliers. Ordinarily quantity disputes are resolved by the supplier providing the necessary signed ''proof of delivery''to support invoice quantity.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264620%12%29 Apr 2026
H2 20256628%14%31 Oct 2025
H2 20246297%58%31 Oct 2024
H2 20235121%48%5 Feb 2024
H1 20236262%62%22 Aug 2023
H2 20226545%64%10 Feb 2023
H1 20227489%86%10 Feb 2023
H2 20217599%91%25 May 2022
H1 20217299%77%30 Jul 2021
H2 20209199%87%25 May 2021

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
16 Jul 2007
Registered office
PARKLANDS COURT 24 PARKLANDS, RUBERY, B45 9PZ
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 46-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 46-day cycle — about £15,400 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 · Absolutely Catering Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 19 days faster over the window (65 → 46 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 46; across their last 6 reports it ranged 46–66 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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