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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Fern Trading Limited pays suppliers in 8 days on average — inside its 30-day stated terms

CRN 12601636 · Professional & technical services · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

8daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 22 days inside their stated 30-day term.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30 days
Paid outside agreed terms
2% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
2%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jul 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 22 days inside the 30-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

Holding steady around 8 days

The read · computed from their figures

Fern Trading Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 8 days against stated terms of 30 days; 2% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jul 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 96% of the 510 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2021) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The business payments terms are to comply with the suppliers standard terms, or 30 days if not specified on invoice. The most frequently used term is 30 days. During the period there were no changes to our payment terms. The business does not have different payment terms for small and medium sized companies.

Dispute resolution

In the event of a dispute, the contract manager will liaise with the supplier. All issues will be resolved via the dispute resolution process. The contract manager will aim to resolve any disputes as soon as practically possible.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 202682%2%31 Jul 2026
H2 202571%0%30 Jan 2026
H1 202570%0%31 Jul 2025
H2 2024100%0%18 Feb 2025
H1 202470%0%31 Jul 2024
H2 202360%0%29 Jan 2024
H1 202360%0%10 Aug 2023
H2 202290%2%27 Jan 2023
H1 20222318%15%29 Jul 2022
H2 2021104%2%28 Jan 2022

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
14 May 2020
Registered office
6TH FLOOR, LONDON, EC1N 2HT
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Quick answers · Fern Trading Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 8 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 8, moving within about ±2 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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