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Paterson Enterprises Limited

Registered as PATERSON ENTERPRISES LIMITED. Company number 04930959. 12 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2023, filed 22 August 2023.

40days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2023 to 31 July 2023, Paterson Enterprises Limited reported that it took an average of 40 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 22% of invoices within 30 days, 70% in 31 to 60 days and 8% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2022, the average was 42 days, so it is 2 days faster now.

This company has not filed a report for a period ending since May 2025, so it is not in our current tables. Companies stop reporting when they no longer meet the size test, are restructured or close.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 44 Jan 2018 41 Jul 2018 44 Jan 2019 44 Jul 2019 42 Jan 2020 42 Jul 2020 41 Jan 2021 42 Jul 2021 41 Jan 2022 42 Jul 2022 41 Jan 2023 40 Jul 2023

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
Feb to Jul 2023 22 Aug 2023 40 22%70%8%26% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 21 Feb 2023 41 21%71%8%27% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 2 Dec 2022 42 21%70%9%26% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 16 Feb 2022 41 17%77%6%26% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 17 Aug 2021 42 18%75%7%26% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 19 Feb 2021 41 18%75%7%27% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 20 Aug 2020 42 18%74%8%30% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 24 Feb 2020 42 16%77%7%30% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 24 Sep 2019 44 18%75%7%31% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 25 Feb 2019 44 15%77%8%33% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 17 Sep 2018 41 21%71%7%27% Report
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 2 Mar 2018 44 5%87%8%6% 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.