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How long does The City of Oxford Motor Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00091106 · Transport & storage · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

27days
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.

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Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 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 Limited Company
Incorporated
6 Dec 1906
Registered office
SECOND FLOOR 55 DEGREES NORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 6BL
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 27.

Stated terms14–60d
+13 days
Reported avg27d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d
their stated terms
6%
invoices paid outside terms
-26d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 73% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
53
41
30
33
28
27
H1 2021H1 2022H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 88% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

The City of Oxford Motor Services Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 27 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 53 to 27 days over the window — about 26 days faster.

In the latest period 6% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The City of Oxford Motor Services Limited, subsidiary company of The Go-Ahead Group, follow group policy and agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers for each transaction or series of transactions, and abide by those terms once suppliers present a valid invoice. The company normally settles trade payables on 30 day terms and these invoices are paid in the week following their due date, however variations to these terms do exist based on agreements with certain suppliers. There have been no changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period.

Dispute resolution

The City of Oxford Motor Services Limited is committed to paying our suppliers in an honest, prompt and professional manner while seeking best value for the business. We endeavour to resolve any invoice queries as quickly as possible, communication between the Accounts Payable team and the relevant supplier is instigated to resolve the matter. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our accounts team, it would be escalated to the Shared Service Manager who will investigate and mitigate the issue.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2023276%2%23 Jan 2024
H1 2023289%3%21 Jul 2023
H2 20223312%7%26 Jan 2023
H1 20223010%4%28 Jul 2022
H1 20224127%12%25 Jan 2022
H1 20215362%36%23 Jul 2021
H1 20213729%5%26 Jan 2021
H1 20203517%5%17 Jul 2020
H2 20193411%4%17 Jan 2020
H1 20193218%11%25 Jul 2019
H2 20183412%4%25 Jan 2019
H1 20183817%6%23 Jul 2018
H2 20173912%5%26 Jan 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 27-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 27-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £10,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 27-day cycle — about £5,100 more than the same account would carry at 14-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 26 days faster over the window (53 → 27 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 27, moving within about ±3 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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