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Fine Lady Bakeries Limited

Registered as FINE LADY BAKERIES LIMITED. Company number 00455692. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 9 October 2026.

43days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 28 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, Fine Lady Bakeries Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 37% of invoices within 30 days, 47% in 31 to 60 days and 16% after more than 60 days. It said 47% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 45 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Mar 2021 56 Sep 2021 45 Mar 2022 47 Sep 2022 48 Mar 2023 47 Sep 2023 52 Mar 2024 51 Sep 2024 45 Mar 2025 45 Sep 2025 43 Mar 2026 43 Sep 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Mar to Sep 2026 9 Oct 2026 43 37%47%16%47% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 20 Apr 2026 43 36%49%15%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 15 Oct 2025 45 33%20%47%44% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 15 May 2025 45 15%66%19%56% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 11 Oct 2024 51 12%67%21%45% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 3 May 2024 52 15%66%19%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 17 Oct 2023 47 13%70%17%46% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 48 13%65%22%44% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 21 Oct 2022 47 13%68%18%45% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 20 Apr 2022 45 13%70%17%33% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 26 Oct 2021 56 13%67%20%44% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 23 Apr 2021 48 12%70%18%59% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 16 Oct 2020 46 15%65%19%43% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Apr 2020 46 14%67%19%47% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 18 Oct 2019 45 15%67%18%41% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 23 Apr 2019 45 14%68%18%40% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 17 Oct 2018 46 15%66%19%43% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.