Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Baxters Food Group Limited pays suppliers in 62 days on average — within its stated 1–120 day terms

CRN SC023572 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

62daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 61 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 120-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 1–120 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 89% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 49%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 62 against 1–120 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–130

avg 62d

0 days130 days

reported avg 62 days their filed terms 1–120 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 34% 61+ days 49%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117381, period 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026, filed 13 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Baxters Food Group Limited pays within its stated range, 61 days past the shortest term. 89% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 49% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

68 → 62 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

6 days faster across the window. From 68 days in H1 2024 to 62 in the H2 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Baxters Food Group Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 62 days against stated terms of 1–120 days; 89% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 49% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 68 days in H1 2024 to 62 now — 6 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 81% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days from date of invoice, but variations are applied when negotiated and agreed by both parties.

Dispute resolution

If a supplier has a query regarding payment dates or invoices their initial point of contact is the member of staff/department that they agreed terms with. There is also a dedicated email address to reach the accounts payable team. If unable to resolve, the AP team are responsible for escalating the issue to the relevant department or the Head of Central Finance.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2026	62	89%	49%	13 Oct 2026
H1 2026	60	85%	47%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	61	85%	46%	23 Oct 2025
H1 2025	63	90%	50%	25 Apr 2025
H2 2024	57	89%	44%	30 Oct 2024
H1 2024	68	92%	55%	25 Apr 2024
H2 2023	52	93%	34%	20 Oct 2023
H1 2023	57	94%	47%	26 Apr 2023
H2 2022	60	94%	50%	14 Oct 2022
H1 2022	48	90%	33%	27 Apr 2022
H2 2021	48	88%	35%	21 Oct 2021
H1 2021	49	86%	37%	23 Apr 2021
H2 2020	51	86%	39%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	48	50%	30%	30 Apr 2020
H2 2019	45	53%	24%	30 Oct 2019
H1 2019	51	71%	38%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	48	60%	31%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Nov 1945
Registered office: 12 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 4DJ

18 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 62-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 62-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 62-day cycle — about £24,000 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 · Baxters Food Group Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days faster over the window (68 → 62 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 62; across their last 6 reports it ranged 57–68 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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