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Heron Foods Limited

Registered as HERON FOODS LIMITED. Company number 01392197. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 27 October 2026.

34days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, Heron Foods Limited reported that it took an average of 34 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 40% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 9% 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 27 September 2025, the average was 35 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Mar 2021 38 Sep 2021 49 Mar 2022 44 Sep 2022 50 Mar 2023 43 Sep 2023 49 Mar 2024 41 Sep 2024 49 Mar 2025 35 Sep 2025 35 Mar 2026 34 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 27 Oct 2026 34 40%56%4%9% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 35 38%57%5%9% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 35 38%58%4%8% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 49 37%54%9%14% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 41 36%55%9%14% Report
Sep 2023 to Mar 2024 30 Apr 2024 49 38%51%10%23% Report
Mar to Sep 2023 20 Oct 2023 43 34%55%11%21% Report
Sep 2022 to Mar 2023 24 Apr 2023 50 34%54%11%15% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 21 Oct 2022 44 32%56%12%18% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 25 Apr 2022 49 32%54%14%23% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 22 Oct 2021 38 32%58%10%19% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 29 Apr 2021 40 32%56%12%38% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 26 Oct 2020 40 33%56%11%13% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 29 Apr 2020 40 31%57%12%15% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 28 Oct 2019 39 30%60%10%16% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 37 34%56%10%13% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 38 32%57%11%28% 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.