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John Cotton Group Limited pays suppliers in 66 days on average — within its stated 30–150 day terms

CRN 00273492 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2026

66daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 36 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 150-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
30–150 days
Paid outside agreed terms
14% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
58%
Reporting period
1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 66 against 30–150 days

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

73 → 66 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

John Cotton Group Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 66 days against stated terms of 30–150 days; 14% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 58% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Sept 2026.

The direction is faster: from 73 days in H1 2024 to 66 now — 7 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 87% of the 977 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

That is 17 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

Raw material purchases standard terms are 90 days from month of invoice. Excluding raw material purchases , the company's normal standard terms of purchase are 60 days from month of invoice.

Dispute resolution

No formal dispute resolution process. However, any complaints from suppliers are passed to the Company Secretary for resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266614%58%24 Sept 2026
H1 20266619%53%31 Mar 2026
H1 20256616%49%30 Sept 2025
H1 20257041%54%31 Mar 2025
H1 20247520%36%30 Sept 2024
H1 20247322%37%28 Mar 2024
H1 20237322%36%14 Sept 2023
H1 20236922%33%24 Mar 2023
H1 20227023%34%13 Sept 2022
H1 20227525%40%30 Mar 2022
H1 20217522%42%20 Sept 2021
H1 20217331%49%29 Mar 2021
H1 20208131%46%28 Sept 2020
H1 20207331%42%26 Mar 2020
H1 20197729%42%26 Sept 2019
H1 20198330%46%29 Mar 2019
H1 20188317%45%26 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Mar 1933
Registered office
NO 1 PARK ROW, LS1 5AB
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Nov 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 66-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 66-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £26,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 66-day cycle — about £14,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · John Cotton Group Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days faster over the window (73 → 66 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 66; across their last 6 reports it ranged 66–75 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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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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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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