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How long does J.d. Williams & Company Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00178367 · Wholesale & retail trade · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 28 Feb 2026

37days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
13 Dec 1921
Registered office
GRIFFIN HOUSE, MANCHESTER, M60 6ES
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 20 Aug 2026 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–60 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms1–60d
+36 days
Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

1–60d
their stated terms
15%
invoices paid outside terms
-11d
faster over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 51% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
48
46
49
47
37
37
H2 2023H1 2024H1 2024H1 2025H1 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 41% 31–60 days 48% 61+ days 11%

The read · computed from their figures

J.d. Williams & Company Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 1–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 48 to 37 days over the window — about 11 days faster.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 11% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

59% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

JD Williams have multiple payment terms, ranging from immediate payment to 60 days. This is dependent upon the type of product and the geographical location of where that product or service is being sourced from. JD Williams group have been working on clearing aged creditor balances during the reporting period.

Dispute resolution

N Brown Group strives to pay its suppliers within agreed payment terms. All appropriately receipted purchase orders which have invoices matched in the payables system (Oracle) will be selected for payment on or before the due date. On occasions, our payment timings do fall short of agreed terms, usually where …

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263715%11%29 Jul 2026
H1 20253715%11%15 Oct 2025
H1 20254732%28%28 Mar 2025
H1 20244930%24%27 Sept 2024
H1 20244631%24%26 Mar 2024
H2 20234829%26%21 Sept 2023
H1 20235034%31%28 Mar 2023
H1 20225030%30%26 Sept 2022
H1 20225338%31%29 Mar 2022
H1 20215434%33%30 Sept 2021
H1 20214136%37%31 Mar 2021
H1 20204020%13%2 Dec 2020
H1 20205443%26%4 May 2020
H1 20196661%35%2 Oct 2019
H1 20194857%23%19 Jul 2019
H2 20184143%7%1 Oct 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £14,200 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 11 days faster over the window (48 → 37 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±6 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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