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How long does William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC134248 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

63days
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
1 Oct 1991
Registered office
THE GLENFIDDICH DISTILLERY, KEITH, AB55 4DH
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–45 days. Reported average: 63.

Stated terms14–45d
+49 days
Reported avg63d

At a glance

The key figures

14–45d
their stated terms
30%
invoices paid outside terms
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 83% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
63
56
55
54
52
63
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 14% 31–60 days 66% 61+ days 20%

The read · computed from their figures

William Grant & Sons Distillers Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 63 days against stated terms of 14–45 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±6 days period to period.

In the latest period 30% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 20% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Shortest: 14 days from date of invoice. Longest: End of month following with 45 days being average days. Results have been calculated based on invoice date as our systems do not record the actual date the invoice was received by the business.

Dispute resolution

In the first instance, all queries should be directed to the relevant business contact.

Other information

Some invoices in this company are from other group companies. We do not track invoices under dispute so cannot advise on the value of these invoices.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266330%20%30 Jul 2026
H2 20255222%11%29 Jan 2026
H1 20255419%11%23 Jul 2025
H2 20245520%12%30 Jan 2025
H1 20245629%16%31 Jul 2024
H2 20236388%23%12 Feb 2024
H1 20235939%27%31 Jul 2023
H2 20225024%14%27 Jan 2023
H1 20225427%16%27 Jul 2022
H2 20215224%14%27 Jan 2022
H1 20215120%11%27 Jul 2021
H2 20205023%12%29 Jan 2021
H1 20205424%14%28 Jul 2020
H2 20195324%13%29 Jan 2020
H1 20195125%13%30 Jul 2019
H2 20185326%13%30 Jan 2019
H1 20185327%13%27 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 63-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 63-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 63-day cycle — about £19,300 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 is steady — within about ±6 days period to period, around 63 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 63, 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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