Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Charles Wells,limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00106884 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

33days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Jan 1910
Registered office: BREWPOINT FAIRHILL, BEDFORD, MK41 7FY

11 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–75 days. Reported average: 33.

Stated terms30–75d

+3 days

Reported avg33d

At a glance

The key figures

30–75d

their stated terms

40%

invoices paid outside terms

-3d

faster over the window

±8d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 81% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 55% 31–60 days 40% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Charles Wells,limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 33 days against stated terms of 30–75 days.

The direction is faster: from 36 to 33 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 40% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 Days after the end of the Month

Dispute resolution

Queries should be emailed to [email protected] along with a copy of the Invoice(s). Where Invoices contain a Purchase Order number or the name of the Orderer / Approver an update should be received within 5 Working Days. Where Invoices do not contain a Purchase Order Number or the name of the Orderer / Approver then investigation could take longer

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	33	40%	5%	27 Apr 2026
H2 2025	46	40%	5%	29 Oct 2025
H1 2025	30	42%	4%	24 Apr 2025
H2 2024	32	43%	5%	29 Oct 2024
H1 2024	35	51%	5%	1 May 2024
H2 2023	36	46%	5%	3 Nov 2023
H1 2023	34	50%	8%	28 Apr 2023
H2 2022	32	47%	6%	27 Oct 2022
H1 2022	40	73%	11%	26 Apr 2022
H2 2021	45	85%	16%	28 Oct 2021
H1 2021	61	86%	33%	30 Apr 2021
H2 2020	68	90%	30%	30 Oct 2020
H1 2020	45	69%	14%	20 Sept 2020
H2 2019	46	64%	17%	31 Oct 2019
H1 2019	43	66%	15%	30 Apr 2019
H2 2018	46	47%	15%	2 Nov 2018
H1 2018	38	50%	12%	23 Apr 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 33-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £1,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 3 days faster over the window (36 → 33 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 33, moving within about ±8 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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