Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bel Valves Limited paid suppliers in 73 days on average — within its stated 31–121 day terms

CRN 00167542 · Manufacturing · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Oct 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

73daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 42 days past the shortest term they state (31 days), still within their 121-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 31–121 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 26% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 69%
Reporting period: 1 May 2021 – 31 Oct 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Nov 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid within their stated range — 73 against 31–121 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–135

avg 73d

0 days135 days

reported avg 73 days their filed terms 31–121 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 14% 61+ days 69%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #51897, period 1 May 2021 – 31 Oct 2021, filed 30 Nov 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Bel Valves Limited paid within its stated range, 42 days past the shortest term. 26% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 69% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 9 reports

77 → 73 days — faster across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 9 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

4 days faster across the window. From 77 days in H1 2019 to 73 in the H2 2021 filing; the dashed line marks the 31-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Bel Valves Limited's H2 2021 filing put their average at 73 days against stated terms of 31–121 days; 26% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 69% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Nov 2021.

The direction is faster: from 77 days in H1 2019 to 73 now — 4 days faster across their last 6 reports.

That is 9 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days end of month following date of invoice

Dispute resolution

Accounts payable use a management system to assign queries to relevant personnel. Dispute resolution is then conducted in house by assigned personnel. Suppliers maybe contacted where appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	73	26%	69%	30 Nov 2021
H1 2021	77	29%	75%	17 May 2021
H2 2020	82	59%	79%	10 Nov 2020
H1 2020	82	59%	71%	3 Jun 2020
H2 2019	83	35%	75%	28 Nov 2019
H1 2019	77	24%	72%	30 May 2019
H2 2018	75	23%	72%	18 Jan 2019
H1 2018	77	25%	73%	30 May 2018
H2 2017	73	24%	74%	27 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 May 1920
Registered office: 11 GLASSHOUSE STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1BS

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jul 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 73-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 73-day vs a 31-day payment cycle.

≈ £29,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 73-day cycle — about £16,600 more than the same account would carry at 31-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 · Bel Valves Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 4 days faster over the window (77 → 73 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 73; across their last 6 reports it ranged 73–83 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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