Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does The North British Distillery Company Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC001491 · Manufacturing · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2025

35days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 24 Oct 1885
Registered office: WHEATFIELD ROAD, EH11 2PX

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 25–45 days. Reported average: 35.

Stated terms25–45d

+10 days

Reported avg35d

At a glance

The key figures

25–45d

their stated terms

56%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 75% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 25d

H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 44% 31–60 days 53% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

The North British Distillery Company Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 35 days against stated terms of 25–45 days.

The direction is slower: from 32 to 35 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 56% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We are running one payment run per month through Purchase Ledger which occurs every month end, plus Faster payment or Bacs payment for instant remmitances.The "Shortest" terms can be paid quicker than 30 days depending on invoice date and our payment run transmission.

Dispute resolution

If there is a problem relating to an invoice, we contact the supplier, let them know the details and suggest a solution to the problem (e.g goods not delivered,faulty workmanship etc).We dont complete the process until and agreed plan of action is in force so both parties know that is to happen to allow timeouts payment.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	35	56%	3%	25 Aug 2025
H2 2024	38	39%	5%	18 Feb 2025
H1 2024	41	28%	4%	16 Aug 2024
H2 2023	35	14%	1%	18 Jan 2024
H1 2023	31	19%	1%	10 Jul 2023
H2 2022	32	15%	1%	27 Jan 2023
H1 2022	33	14%	1%	7 Jul 2022
H2 2021	34	12%	1%	7 Jan 2022
H1 2021	32	29%	2%	7 Jul 2021
H2 2020	29	25%	2%	11 Jan 2021
H1 2020	28	35%	1%	1 Jul 2020
H2 2019	30	20%	0%	14 Jan 2020
H1 2019	28	9%	0%	3 Jul 2019
H2 2018	28	7%	0%	4 Jan 2019
H1 2018	27	30%	0%	5 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 35-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 35-day vs a 25-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 35-day cycle — about £3,900 more than the same account would carry at 25-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 3 days slower over the window (32 → 35 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 35, moving within about ±3 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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