Northern Foods Limited
Registered as NORTHERN FOODS LIMITED. Company number 00471864. 16 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2025, filed 5 September 2025.
34days on average to pay
- Within 30 days
- 31 to 60 days
- Over 60 days
In the reporting period from 1 February 2025 to 31 July 2025, Northern Foods Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 51% of invoices within 30 days, 32% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 95% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.
That average is faster than 42% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2024, the average was 33 days, so it is 1 day slower now.
Average days to pay, report by report
Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.
Every report filed
| Period | Filed | Average days | Within 30 days | 31 to 60 | Over 60 | Not within terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb to Jul 2025 | 5 Sep 2025 | 34 | 51% | 32% | 17% | 95% | Report |
| Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 | 21 Feb 2025 | 28 | 61% | 24% | 15% | 76% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2024 | 2 Sep 2024 | 33 | 57% | 22% | 21% | 77% | Report |
| Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 | 27 Feb 2024 | 35 | 50% | 28% | 23% | 84% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2023 | 8 Sep 2023 | 32 | 59% | 22% | 19% | 79% | Report |
| Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 | 8 Sep 2023 | 35 | 56% | 19% | 25% | 79% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2022 | 13 Sep 2022 | 34 | 57% | 21% | 22% | 76% | Report |
| Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 | 3 Mar 2022 | 30 | 61% | 22% | 18% | 81% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2021 | 31 Aug 2021 | 32 | 53% | 30% | 17% | 83% | Report |
| Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 | 1 Mar 2021 | 26 | 65% | 25% | 11% | 83% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2020 | 24 Sep 2020 | 26 | 69% | 15% | 16% | 79% | Report |
| Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 | 27 Feb 2020 | 28 | 68% | 19% | 13% | 79% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2019 | 22 Aug 2019 | 34 | 59% | 18% | 23% | 88% | Report |
| Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 | 25 Feb 2019 | 34 | 50% | 33% | 16% | 84% | Report |
| Feb to Jul 2018 | 29 Aug 2018 | 33 | 59% | 21% | 20% | 85% | Report |
| Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 | 27 Feb 2018 | 33 | 58% | 21% | 21% | 86% | 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.