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How long does Heineken UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC065527 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

93days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
31 Jul 1978
Registered office
6 ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 2BD
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–120 days. Reported average: 93.

Stated terms60–120d
+33 days
Reported avg93d

At a glance

The key figures

60–120d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
+23d
slower over the window
±10d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

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

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
70
64
79
76
74
93
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 14% 31–60 days 26% 61+ days 60%

The read · computed from their figures

Heineken UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 93 days against stated terms of 60–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 70 to 93 days over the window — about 23 days slower.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 60% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Heineken UK standard payment terms vary depending on the size of the supplier from immediate payment to 180 days from receipt of a valid invoice. Suppliers on longer payment terms are usually larger companies with contractual agreements in place with Heineken and/or have access to supplier finance. Payments of due invoices are made on a daily basis.

Dispute resolution

Heineken UK aim to resolve invoice and payment disputes or queries as quickly as possible. An accounts payable helpdesk offers support to suppliers with any query regarding the expected payment date of an invoice via the following address: [email protected] Once an invoice dispute is received, we aim to resolve this immediately at the point of contact with the accounts payable team. If this is not possible, the query will be escalated to the business contact. When resolved, the invoice will be available for payment on the next standard payment run. Contractual disputes, not necessarily related to payment date enquiries, are addressed via the contractually agreed procedure. If no contract is in place then any disputes should be directed to the individual(s) who placed the o

Other information

Heineken UK figures are impacted by significant intercompany trading with 36 other Heineken entities

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20269311%60%21 Aug 2026
H2 20257411%51%3 Feb 2026
H1 2025767%51%31 Jul 2025
H2 20247912%48%30 Jan 2025
H1 20246420%36%30 Jul 2024
H2 20237018%43%12 Jan 2024
H1 20237518%47%3 Aug 2023
H2 20227922%51%31 Jan 2023
H1 20228520%61%29 Jul 2022
H2 20217517%53%1 Feb 2022
H1 20218013%56%30 Jul 2021
H2 20207113%47%9 Feb 2021
H1 20208314%59%30 Jul 2020
H2 20197813%54%30 Jan 2020
H1 20198416%48%31 Jul 2019
H2 20186819%48%30 Jan 2019
H1 20185522%36%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 93-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 93-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £36,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 93-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 23 days slower over the window (70 → 93 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 93, moving within about ±10 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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