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How long does Tesco Family Dining Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 08514605 · Accommodation & food · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 1 Mar 2026

44days
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 Limited Company
Incorporated
2 May 2013
Registered office
TESCO HOUSE, SHIRE PARK, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, AL7 1GA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 26 Nov 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 5–60 days. Reported average: 44.

Stated terms5–60d
+39 days
Reported avg44d

At a glance

The key figures

5–60d
their stated terms
1%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 68% of the 148 large companies reporting in accommodation & food.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 5d
39
39
44
44
45
44
H1 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 28% 31–60 days 56% 61+ days 16%

The read · computed from their figures

Tesco Family Dining Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 44 days against stated terms of 5–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 39 to 44 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 16% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: GSCOP Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

5 days – small suppliers with up to £250,000 (inclusive of VAT) of business with the Company each year. 60 days – large suppliers, greater than £250,000 (inclusive of VAT) of business with the Company each year. The business has standardised payment terms across each category (The business also has 30 day & 45 day term).

Dispute resolution

The business manages all queries through a generic mailbox with a dedicated team. If there is a dispute, the business calls the relevant vendor and follow up with an email to resolve the matter. All queries are usually resolved within 7 days. The business has an escalation matrix which is shared with vendors. The business conducts periodic governance reviews on the performance of the query team to ensure that queries are resolved timely and satisfactorily, thereby ensuring a build-up of invoices on hold is avoided and vendors are paid accurately.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026441%16%30 Mar 2026
H1 2025450%16%22 Sept 2025
H1 2025440%13%21 Mar 2025
H1 2024440%12%23 Sept 2024
H1 2024391%2%25 Mar 2024
H1 2023391%2%25 Sept 2023
H1 2023391%1%24 Mar 2023
H1 2022402%2%23 Sept 2022
H1 20224915%11%25 Mar 2022
H1 2021404%5%28 Sept 2021
H1 2021291%1%29 Mar 2021
H1 2020436%3%28 Sept 2020
H1 2020433%1%30 Mar 2020
H1 2019443%1%24 Sept 2019
H1 2019425%2%25 Mar 2019
H1 20184511%3%21 Sept 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 44-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 44-day vs a 5-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 44-day cycle — about £15,400 more than the same account would carry at 5-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 5 days slower over the window (39 → 44 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 44, moving within about ±1 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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