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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Macdonald & Muir Limited pays suppliers in 29 days on average — within its stated 1–90 day terms

CRN SC019038 · Manufacturing · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

29daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 28 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
1–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms
45% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
5%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 26 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 29 against 1–90 days

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

Holding steady around 29 days

The read · computed from their figures

Macdonald & Muir Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 29 days against stated terms of 1–90 days; 45% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 5% took 61 days or longer. Filed 26 Aug 2026.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 88% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 12 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms range from 1 to 90 days. 1 day terms meand immediate payment terms for local authorities and some utilities suppliers. 90 days terms are for intercompany payments. Most frequently used terms are 30 days.

Dispute resolution

If an invoice is in dispute, we will contact the supplier in question to requestfurther detais or supporting documents. We would also inform them of thereason for us disputing the invoice. The erson that contracted with the supplierwill be informed to help resolve the issue. Disputes would normally be resolvedwithin 6 months.

Other information

We conduct 2 payment runs per month. One mid-month and one at the end of the month, Therefore, the number of invoices not paid within the agreed terms will be impacted by invoices which become due just after the cut off of the payment runs and fall in to the next run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262945%5%26 Aug 2026
H1 20252856%6%13 Oct 2025
H2 20242751%4%28 Jan 2025
H1 20242852%5%20 Aug 2024
H2 20232955%6%29 Jan 2024
H1 20232858%7%5 Oct 2023
H1 20213467%8%27 Oct 2021
H2 20203370%9%15 Mar 2021
H2 20192965%5%3 Feb 2020
H1 20192962%7%7 Aug 2019
H2 20184441%45%7 Feb 2019
H1 20184653%10%18 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
3 Apr 1936
Registered office
6 ST ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 2BD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 29-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 29-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 29-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 1-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Macdonald & Muir Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 29 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 29, 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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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.
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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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