Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Burges Salmon Company Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 07556770 · Administrative & support services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2023

47days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Oct 2023 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: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 8 Mar 2011
Registered office: ONE, BRISTOL, BS2 0ZX

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 47.

Stated terms30d

+17 days

Reported avg47d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

27%

invoices paid outside terms

+9d

slower over the window

±10d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 85% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 65% 31–60 days 13% 61+ days 23%

The read · computed from their figures

Burges Salmon Company Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 47 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 38 to 47 days over the window — about 9 days slower.

In the latest period 27% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 23% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

For goods and services, our typical payment terms are 30 days from the end of the month of receipt of invoice. Invoices are paid via weekly BACS payment runs to include all invoices due to the supplier in that given period.

Dispute resolution

Any queries relating to payment of invoices should be sent to the Accounts Payable team within the Finance department. The supplier should liaise with the relevant officer who placed the order to resolve any dispute or complaint.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	47	27%	23%	27 Nov 2023
H1 2023	34	17%	10%	17 May 2023
H2 2022	29	14%	7%	29 Nov 2022
H1 2022	48	19%	9%	6 Jun 2022
H2 2021	32	14%	7%	26 Nov 2021
H1 2021	38	16%	11%	24 May 2021
H2 2020	39	15%	11%	30 Nov 2020
H1 2020	34	24%	10%	26 May 2020
H2 2019	34	16%	9%	23 Dec 2019
H1 2019	37	19%	11%	19 Jul 2019
H2 2018	28	13%	7%	19 Jul 2019
H1 2018	35	13%	9%	19 Jul 2019
H2 2017	28	17%	7%	29 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 47-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 47-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 47-day cycle — about £6,700 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 9 days slower over the window (38 → 47 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 47, moving within about ±10 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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