Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does European Cargo Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 13097241 · Transport & storage · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

27days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: In Administration
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 23 Dec 2020
Registered office: C/O TENEO FINANCIAL ADVISORY LTD, BIRMINGHAM, B4 6AT

19 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms30–60d

-3 days

Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

42%

invoices paid outside terms

-10d

faster over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 73% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 3 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 73% 31–60 days 18% 61+ days 9%

The read · computed from their figures

European Cargo Limited has filed 3 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2024). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 37 to 27 days over the window — about 10 days faster.

In the latest period 42% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 9% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

For SMEs, European Cargo has standard payment terms of 30 days from receipt of goods or services. For other suppliers, European Cargo has standard payment terms of 60 days.

Dispute resolution

Disputed invoices are either emailed or posted back to the supplier and also a notification is sent to the European Cargo requestor. Disputes related to payment can be raised by suppliers direct to the finance team or to senior management. Queries or disputes raised are addressed as soon as practical and the supplier engaged as appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	27	42%	9%	26 Jan 2026
H1 2025	38	58%	10%	24 Jul 2025
H2 2024	37	65%	9%	28 Mar 2025

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 10 days faster over the window (37 → 27 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±6 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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