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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Peoples Ecosse Limited pays suppliers in 42 days on average — within its stated 30–365 day terms

CRN SC176576 · Wholesale & retail trade · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jul 2026

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 12 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 365-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–365 days
Paid outside agreed terms
0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Aug 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 42 against 30–365 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

45 → 42 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Peoples Ecosse Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 42 days against stated terms of 30–365 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Aug 2026.

The direction is faster: from 45 days in H1 2023 to 42 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 63% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Peoples Ecosse Limited operates under 3 separate categories of terms:- 1. Supplier terms of typically 30 days. 2. Our own terms which have been agreed with our suppliers whereby we pay on the last day of the month following invoice date. 3. Vehicle supplier terms up to 365 days following invoice date.

Dispute resolution

The only disputes would relate to general ledger invoices not received or not carrying the necessary purchase order details. These would be resolved through monthly account reconciliations and contact made with the supplier to ensure payment within agreed terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026420%7%28 Aug 2026
H1 2026430%8%26 Feb 2026
H1 2025450%8%31 Aug 2025
H1 2025450%7%28 Feb 2025
H1 2024450%14%29 Feb 2024
H1 2023450%13%31 Aug 2023
H1 2023440%11%28 Feb 2023
H1 2022430%12%31 Aug 2022
H1 2022410%6%28 Feb 2022
H1 2021440%9%31 Aug 2021
H1 2021570%11%26 Feb 2021
H1 2020570%15%31 Aug 2020
H1 2020510%15%28 Feb 2020
H1 2019500%13%30 Aug 2019
H1 2019500%14%27 Feb 2019
H1 2018500%13%31 Aug 2018
H1 2018500%14%7 Mar 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
19 Jun 1997
Registered office
PEOPLES ECOSSE LIMITED, FALKIRK, FK1 1SQ
5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 42-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 42-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 42-day cycle — about £4,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Peoples Ecosse Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (45 → 42 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 42; across their last 6 reports it ranged 42–45 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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?
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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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