Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Inspire Catering Scotland LLP pays suppliers in 59 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN SO301918 · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

59daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 52 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 7% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 53%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 29 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 59 against 7–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 59d

0 days65 days

reported avg 59 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 30% 61+ days 53%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #111283, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 29 Apr 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Inspire Catering Scotland LLP pays within its stated range, 52 days past the shortest term. 7% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 53% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

68 → 59 days — getting faster

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 10 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

9 days faster across the window. From 68 days in H2 2022 to 59 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Inspire Catering Scotland LLP's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 59 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 7% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 53% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 68 days in H2 2022 to 59 now — 9 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 91% of large companies reporting.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2020) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 7% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 60 days, this is the payment of invoices on the 28th of the month following processing to predetermined cut off days, normally two days prior to period end.invoices are paid on time based on invoice date,this equates to 60 days on average.All small businesses with employees of 50 or less are paid on 30 days terms

Dispute resolution

Disputed invoices are managed locally by the operating units,challenges are made directly with the suppliers. Ordinarily quantity disputes are resolved by the supplier providing the necessary signed ''proof of delivery''to support invoice quantity.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	59	7%	53%	29 Apr 2026
H2 2025	57	2%	50%	31 Oct 2025
H2 2024	73	94%	83%	31 Oct 2024
H2 2023	60	34%	74%	5 Feb 2024
H1 2023	64	66%	63%	22 Aug 2023
H2 2022	68	69%	71%	10 Feb 2023
H1 2022	80	92%	91%	10 Feb 2023
H2 2021	80	99%	94%	25 May 2022
H1 2021	75	99%	81%	30 Jul 2021
H2 2020	92	97%	92%	26 May 2021

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Limited Liability Partnership
Incorporated: 29 May 2008
Registered office: SUITE D, PAVILION 7 KINGSHILL PARK, VENTURE DRIVE, WESTHILL, AB32 6FL

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 59-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 59-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 59-day cycle — about £20,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · Inspire Catering Scotland LLP

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 9 days faster over the window (68 → 59 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 59; across their last 6 reports it ranged 57–73 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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