Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
W & J Linney Limited pays suppliers in 53 days on average — within its stated 1–90 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 52 days past the shortest term they state (1 days), still within their 90-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 1–90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 79% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 45%
- Reporting period
- 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 19 May 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 53 against 1–90 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
Holding steady around 53 days
The read · computed from their figures
W & J Linney Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 53 days against stated terms of 1–90 days; 79% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 45% took 61 days or longer. Filed 19 May 2026.
The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 66% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.
That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Our standard payment terms are 60 days from date of invoice, with the exception of larger paper and outwork suppliers, who are predominantly on 90 days from date of invoice. However, we do have a significant amount of 'smaller' suppliers, who we endeavour to pay between 1 - 14 days, depending on the size of the account and the supplier’s cashflow needs. As you can see our published average days to pay of 53 days is within our 60 day standard terms.
Dispute resolution
Individuals approving invoices will notify both our accounts department and the supplier themselves if an invoice is in dispute. Depending on the nature of the dispute, will determine the timescale and next steps for each individual queried invoice.
Other information
The data we have provided includes many invoices that have only been paid late, due to us receiving these invoices late from our suppliers and in addition to this it also includes invoices that are in dispute. As a business we will always try to pay to our agreed supplier payment terms, but unfortunately we only do a payment run once a week on a Friday, which invariably will result in most of our payments to appear late, even if only by one or two days.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 53 | 79% | 45% | 19 May 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 52 | 80% | 44% | 28 Nov 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 45 | 80% | 35% | 15 May 2025 |
| H2 2024 | 47 | 71% | 38% | 27 Nov 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 49 | 85% | 40% | 24 May 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 52 | 86% | 44% | 24 Nov 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 51 | 87% | 45% | 19 May 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 55 | 86% | 45% | 22 Nov 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 56 | 78% | 49% | 30 May 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 52 | 74% | 49% | 23 Nov 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 54 | 65% | 40% | 20 May 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 58 | 75% | 52% | 26 Nov 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 57 | 79% | 51% | 22 May 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 56 | 76% | 49% | 28 Nov 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 52 | 79% | 46% | 24 May 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 54 | 80% | 47% | 29 Nov 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 59 | 82% | 50% | 30 May 2018 |
| H2 2017 | 67 | 92% | 59% | 30 Nov 2017 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 31 Aug 1914
- Registered office
- ADAMSWAY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG18 4FW
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 53-day cycle ties up
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Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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.
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