Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

City Electrical Factors Limited pays suppliers in 65 days on average — within its stated 10–90 day terms

CRN 00336408 · Wholesale & retail trade · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

65daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 55 days past the shortest term they state (10 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 10–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 8% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 56%
Reporting period: 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 5 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 65 against 10–90 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 65d

0 days100 days

reported avg 65 days their filed terms 10–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 11% 31–60 days 33% 61+ days 56%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112289, period 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026, filed 5 Jun 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

City Electrical Factors Limited pays within its stated range, 55 days past the shortest term. 8% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 56% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

58 → 65 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

7 days slower across the window. From 58 days in H2 2023 to 65 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 10-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

City Electrical Factors Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 65 days against stated terms of 10–90 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 56% took 61 days or longer. Filed 5 Jun 2026.

The direction is slower: from 58 days in H2 2023 to 65 now — 7 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 93% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 Days

Dispute resolution

Debit Notes are raised against disputed invoices which are approved by the branch receiving the goods and sent onto the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	65	8%	56%	5 Jun 2026
H2 2025	65	8%	58%	28 Nov 2025
H1 2025	65	9%	59%	3 Jun 2025
H2 2024	54	5%	37%	27 Nov 2024
H1 2024	54	6%	36%	29 May 2024
H2 2023	58	5%	40%	24 Nov 2023
H1 2023	58	6%	39%	30 May 2023
H2 2022	58	6%	40%	25 Nov 2022
H1 2022	58	6%	40%	24 Jun 2022
H2 2021	58	5%	41%	25 Nov 2021
H1 2021	58	5%	40%	26 May 2021
H2 2020	58	14%	38%	24 Nov 2020
H1 2020	57	6%	36%	28 May 2020
H2 2019	58	5%	37%	25 Nov 2019
H1 2019	59	6%	38%	23 May 2019
H2 2018	59	5%	40%	16 Nov 2018
H1 2018	59	5%	37%	25 May 2018
H2 2017	54	9%	34%	28 Nov 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2 Feb 1938
Registered office: GEORGINA MACKIE HOUSE, KENILWORTH, CV8 2SU

8 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 65-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 65-day vs a 10-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 65-day cycle — about £21,700 more than the same account would carry at 10-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 · City Electrical Factors Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (58 → 65 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 65; across their last 6 reports it ranged 54–65 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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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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