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How long does A. Share & Sons Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00323778 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

86days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Share

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Feb 1937
Registered office
45-49 VILLIERS STREET, SR1 1HA
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–105 days. Reported average: 86.

Stated terms14–105d
+72 days
Reported avg86d

At a glance

The key figures

14–105d
their stated terms
9%
invoices paid outside terms
+48d
slower over the window
±30d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 98% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d
38
36
36
80
95
86
H1 2024H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 2% 31–60 days 22% 61+ days 76%

The read · computed from their figures

A. Share & Sons Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 86 days against stated terms of 14–105 days.

The direction is slower: from 38 to 86 days over the window — about 48 days slower.

In the latest period 9% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 76% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

A Share & Sons Ltd splits its vendors into two main payment types based on the nature of their supply. The types and their most frequently used payment terms are: - Stock suppliers - Most major stock suppliers are paid on the 15th of the month based on terms of end of the month from invoice date + 75 days. - Most non-stock suppliers are on 30 to 60 days from invoice date.

Dispute resolution

Disputes are dealt with by the Accounts Payable function within the Company. Invoices are flagged for dispute with the vendor at the time of invoice entry if there are discrepancies with the expected value/purchase order. In all dispute cases, an appropriate accounts payable assistant will respond to the query. Invoices in query are tracked and logged, and monitored in weekly updates with the Financial Controller, and in a monthly review with the Finance Director. Final approval is provided by the Company’s shareholder.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026869%76%7 Aug 2026
H2 20259517%81%7 Aug 2026
H1 20258041%66%7 Aug 2026
H2 2024365%5%7 Aug 2026
H1 2024365%5%23 Aug 2024
H1 2024383%9%27 Feb 2024
H1 2023344%3%24 Aug 2023
H1 2023344%6%23 Feb 2023
H1 2022303%2%19 Aug 2022
H1 2022335%6%2 Mar 2022
H1 2021335%6%24 Aug 2021
H1 2021334%6%24 Feb 2021
H1 2020355%7%24 Aug 2020
H1 2020344%5%25 Feb 2020
H1 2019355%5%23 Aug 2019
H1 2019355%5%27 Feb 2019
H1 2018326%3%31 Aug 2018
H1 2018346%7%28 Feb 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 86-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 86-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £34,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 86-day cycle — about £28,400 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 48 days slower over the window (38 → 86 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 86, moving within about ±30 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 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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