Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does 2 Agriculture Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN SC156515 · Agriculture, forestry & fishing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

56days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Mar 1995
Registered office: FAIRVIEW MILL, NEWBRIDGE, EH28 8NB

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 28–70 days. Reported average: 56.

Stated terms28–70d

+28 days

Reported avg56d

At a glance

The key figures

28–70d

their stated terms

84%

invoices paid outside terms

+9d

slower over the window

±4d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 92% of the 38 large companies reporting in agriculture, forestry & fishing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 28d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 14% 31–60 days 29% 61+ days 57%

The read · computed from their figures

2 Agriculture Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 56 days against stated terms of 28–70 days.

The direction is slower: from 47 to 56 days over the window — about 9 days slower.

In the latest period 84% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 57% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

2 Agriculture operates a weekly payment run on a Wednesday each week and captures all invoices due for payment to the Friday of that week. Payment is made by BACS and supplier receives payment on the Friday. It is not practical to process daily payment runs, therefore invoices could be normally up to 6 days overdue. In this period the company implemented a new system which has affected the average number of days to pay and we expect the average number of days to fall back in line with previous periods in future periods.

Dispute resolution

Invoices are matched on receipt if the supplier has stated the correct purchase order or reference number and the quantities and price match the details on our system. Should the invoice and order not match, the Purchase Ledger Manager will liaise with the relevant site management to confirm the correct information and work with the supplier to enable the correct payment to be made. In the event the Purchase Ledger Manager is not able to agree with the supplier, the dispute is passed to the Finance Director. Upon resolution the invoice is placed on the next available payment run. Through the process of statement reconciliations, disputes relating to missing invoices are identified before they become overdue. Remittance advices are sent via email or post when payment is made. This is in ord

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	56	84%	57%	31 Jul 2026
H2 2025	49	80%	51%	3 Feb 2026
H1 2025	48	77%	52%	29 Jul 2025
H2 2024	48	78%	39%	30 Jan 2025
H1 2024	47	83%	31%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	47	82%	31%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	47	82%	28%	1 Aug 2023
H2 2022	45	70%	70%	20 Jan 2023
H1 2022	48	68%	68%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	48	71%	70%	19 Jan 2022
H1 2021	50	70%	69%	28 Jul 2021
H2 2020	50	70%	69%	10 Feb 2021
H1 2020	52	70%	69%	7 Aug 2020
H2 2019	52	65%	64%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	49	62%	61%	29 Jul 2019
H2 2018	52	65%	64%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	51	63%	62%	24 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 56-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 28-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £11,000 more than the same account would carry at 28-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 9 days slower over the window (47 → 56 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 56, moving within about ±4 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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