Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

The Alternative Parcels Company Topco 2023 Limited pays suppliers in 42 days on average — inside its 72-day stated terms

CRN 15105175 · Other services · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

42daysavg time to pay · H2 2025

Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 30 days inside their stated 72-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 72 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 20%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 17 Oct 2025

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing

Paid 30 days inside the 72-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–80

avg 42d

0 days80 days

reported avg 42 days their filed terms 0–72 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 11% 31–60 days 69% 61+ days 20%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #103660, period 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025, filed 17 Oct 2025 · gov.uk payment-practices service

The Alternative Parcels Company Topco 2023 Limited pays 30 days inside its stated 72-day term. 7% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 20% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2025 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

The Alternative Parcels Company Topco 2023 Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 42 days against stated terms of 72 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 20% took 61 days or longer. Filed 17 Oct 2025.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 79% of the 115 large companies reporting in other services.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

31% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 40 days net monthly. We do offer weekly payments and 30 days net monthly.

Dispute resolution

Queries are raised by managers with suppliers and followed through by the ledger team until resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	42	7%	20%	17 Oct 2025
H1 2025	48	6%	19%	24 Apr 2025

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 30 Aug 2023
Registered office: NATIONAL SORTATION CENTRE, CANNOCK, WS11 8LD

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

Open the full record at Companies House.

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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.

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