Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Tesco Food Sourcing Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07502096 · Administrative & support services · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Aug 2020

11days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 29 Aug 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Liquidation
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 21 Jan 2011
Registered office: 1 MORE LONDON PLACE, LONDON, SE1 2AF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Nov 2025

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–58 days. Reported average: 11.

Stated terms7–58d

+4 days

Reported avg11d

At a glance

The key figures

7–58d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-20d

faster over the window

±10d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 91% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H1 2018H1 2019H1 2019H1 2020H1 2020

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 100% 31–60 days 0% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Tesco Food Sourcing Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 11 days against stated terms of 7–58 days.

The direction is faster: from 31 to 11 days over the window — about 20 days faster.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

No Standard Terms agreed

Dispute resolution

Team has a generic Email ID where the queries are sent and these are managed within agreed service level of 4 days

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2020	11	0%	0%	28 Sept 2020
H1 2020	26	32%	1%	30 Mar 2020
H1 2019	29	28%	1%	24 Sept 2019
H1 2019	30	26%	1%	26 Mar 2019
H1 2018	31	19%	1%	25 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 11-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 11-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £4,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 11-day cycle — about £1,600 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 20 days faster over the window (31 → 11 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 11, moving within about ±10 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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