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How long does Macdonald & Muir Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC019038 · Manufacturing · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2025

28days
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.

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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 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–90 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms1–90d
+27 days
Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

1–90d
their stated terms
56%
invoices paid outside terms
-6d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 89% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
34
28
29
28
27
28
H1 2021H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 67% 31–60 days 27% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

Macdonald & Muir Limited has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 1–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 34 to 28 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 56% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

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 term means immediate payment terms for local authorities and some utilities suppliers. 90 day 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 request further detais or supporting documents. We would also inform them of the reason for us disputing the invoice. The erson that contracted with the supplier will be informed to help resolve the issue. Disputes would normally be resolved within 6 months.

Other information

We conduct 2 payment runs per month. One mid-month and one at end of 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 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

Working-capital effect

What a 28-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £11,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 28-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 6 days faster over the window (34 → 28 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 28, 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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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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