Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Equitable Life Assurance Society,(the) take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00037038 · Financial services · 3 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2019

7days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Unlimited
Incorporated: 18 Aug 1892
Registered office: THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, AYLESBURY, HP21 7QW

0 outstanding charges on the register

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–30 days. Reported average: 7.

Stated terms7–30d

on terms

Reported avg7d

At a glance

The key figures

7–30d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

±0d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 95% of the 661 large companies reporting in financial services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 3 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 98% 31–60 days 1% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Equitable Life Assurance Society,(the) has filed 3 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 7 days against stated terms of 7–30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We pay within the terms agreed with the individual suppliers according to the qualifying contracts.

Dispute resolution

Any complaint or concern will be dealt with by the Finance Operations Team, who would liaise with the relevant department and supplier to resolve any issues as soon as possible. This is the most likely reason for any invoice ever being paid outside of agreed terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	7	2%	1%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	7	1%	0%	23 Jan 2019
H1 2018	7	0%	0%	27 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average is steady — within about ±0 days period to period, around 7 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 7, moving within about ±0 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?

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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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