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How long does National House-building Council take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00320784 · Financial services · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

28days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster 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
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
17 Nov 1936
Registered office
NHBC HOUSE, DAVY AVENUE, MILTON KEYNES, MK5 8FP
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 28.

Stated terms30d
-2 days
Reported avg28d

At a glance

The key figures

30d
their stated terms
1%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 70% of the 661 large companies reporting in financial services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
23
21
19
22
21
28
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 84% 31–60 days 10% 61+ days 6%

The read · computed from their figures

National House-building Council has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 28 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The direction is slower: from 23 to 28 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 6% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 30 days with suppliers for non-construction related contracts.

Dispute resolution

National House-Building Council actively seeks to resolve disputes by discussing them with the relevant supplier(s), typically involving members of the accounts payable and credit control departments and/or the procurement and commercial teams and/or where necessary members of management. However, where it is not possible to reach agreement, a number of potential dispute resolution methods (for example mediation, adjudication, expert determination, litigation and/or arbitration) may be used (these methods may be detailed in bespoke contractual arrangements). National House-Building Council’s standard payment terms for non-construction contract related payments are 30 days unless National House-Building Council agrees to different terms requested by a supplier. For construction contracts th

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026281%6%27 Apr 2026
H2 2025213%4%20 Oct 2025
H1 2025222%5%30 Apr 2025
H2 2024192%3%10 Oct 2024
H1 2024211%4%17 Apr 2024
H2 2023231%5%18 Oct 2023
H1 2023211%4%14 Apr 2023
H2 2022251%5%27 Oct 2022
H1 2022241%6%22 Apr 2022
H2 2021232%5%6 Oct 2021
H1 2021291%7%19 Apr 2021
H2 2020332%8%9 Oct 2020
H1 2020312%6%23 Apr 2020
H2 2019321%7%17 Oct 2019
H1 2019321%7%12 Apr 2019
H2 2018311%7%10 Oct 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (23 → 28 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 28, moving within about ±5 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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