Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Walkers Shortbread Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC063233 · Manufacturing · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2019

17days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 6 Oct 1977
Registered office: ABERLOUR HOUSE, ABERLOUR-ON-SPEY, AB38 9LD

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 31–61 days. Reported average: 17.

Stated terms31–61d

-14 days

Reported avg17d

At a glance

The key figures

31–61d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-11d

faster over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 98% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 31d

H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 84% 31–60 days 15% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Walkers Shortbread Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 17 days against stated terms of 31–61 days.

The direction is faster: from 28 to 17 days over the window — about 11 days faster.

In the latest period 3% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are end of month following the invoice date. There are variations to these standard terms that are applied when negotiated and agreed by both parties.

Dispute resolution

If a dispute or query arises on an invoice, in general the issue is resolved either by phone or a dedicated email address. All disputes are dealt with as they arise and followed up regularly as required. If needs be the dispute can be escalated to more senior company representative, currently the Finance Manager and/or Head of Purchasing.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	17	3%	1%	12 Mar 2020
H1 2019	18	7%	0%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	20	10%	0%	4 Feb 2019
H1 2018	28	20%	1%	30 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 11 days faster over the window (28 → 17 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 17, moving within about ±6 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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