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How long does F H Brundle take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07168270 · Wholesale & retail trade · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

55days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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 Unlimited Company
Incorporated
24 Feb 2010
Registered office
24-36 LAMSON ROAD, RAINHAM, RM13 9YY
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 55.

Stated terms30–90d
+25 days
Reported avg55d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d
their stated terms
59%
invoices paid outside terms
-4d
faster over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 84% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
59
59
58
58
56
55
H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 15% 31–60 days 41% 61+ days 44%

The read · computed from their figures

F H Brundle has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 55 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 59 to 55 days over the window — about 4 days faster.

In the latest period 59% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 44% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

23% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

standard terms are 90 day net monthly

Dispute resolution

one a dispute is identified, purchase ledger clerk will contact supplier to compare dispute against purchase order, and work with supplier to find a solution

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265559%44%22 Apr 2026
H1 20255664%46%2 Apr 2025
H2 20245863%50%1 Oct 2024
H1 20245836%51%19 Apr 2024
H2 20235963%53%2 Oct 2023
H1 20235964%54%19 Apr 2023
H2 20225763%50%31 Oct 2022
H1 20226064%55%25 Apr 2022
H1 20216364%59%16 Apr 2021
H2 20206266%57%15 Oct 2020
H1 20206465%58%3 Jun 2020
H2 20196162%58%28 Oct 2019
H1 20196460%59%29 Apr 2019
H2 20186360%61%26 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 55-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 55-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 55-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 4 days faster over the window (59 → 55 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 55, moving within about ±2 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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