Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Joseph Ash Limited paid suppliers in 46 days on average — 45 days past its stated terms

CRN 00154773 · Manufacturing · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2022

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

46daysavg time to pay · H2 2022

Their H2 2022 filing put the average 45 days past the 1-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 1 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 10%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Mar 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2022 filing

Paid 45 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 46d

0 days50 days

reported avg 46 days their filed terms 1 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 21% 31–60 days 69% 61+ days 10%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #69288, period 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022, filed 5 Mar 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Joseph Ash Limited paid 45 days past its own stated terms. 0% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 10% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2022 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

Held steady around 46 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 10 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 46 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±1 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 1-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Joseph Ash Limited's H2 2022 filing put their average at 46 days against stated terms of 1 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 10% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Mar 2023.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from the end of month from invoice date

Dispute resolution

The purchasing department at each site contacts the supplier with any queries with purchases and also notifies the finance department at Head Office to log the dispute. The aim is to resolve the dispute within seven days.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2022	46	0%	10%	5 Mar 2023
H1 2022	47	0%	10%	11 Aug 2022
H2 2021	47	1%	8%	10 Jan 2022
H1 2021	48	1%	11%	13 Jul 2021
H2 2020	46	1%	11%	22 Jan 2021
H1 2020	48	0%	16%	14 Jul 2020
H2 2019	46	0%	12%	10 Jan 2020
H1 2019	48	0%	12%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	49	1%	16%	23 Jan 2019
H1 2018	49	2%	13%	18 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1 May 1919
Registered office: WESTHAVEN HOUSE, ARLESTON WAY, SOLIHULL, B90 4LH

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 46-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 46-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £18,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 46-day cycle — about £17,700 more than the same account would carry at 1-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · Joseph Ash Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 46 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 46, moving within about ±1 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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