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How long does Wates Group Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00340931 · Administrative & support services · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

36days
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
1 Jun 1938
Registered office
WATES HOUSE, LEATHERHEAD, KT22 7SW
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–45 days. Reported average: 36.

Stated terms30–45d
+6 days
Reported avg36d

At a glance

The key figures

30–45d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
+11d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 68% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d
25
33
29
32
33
36
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 80% 31–60 days 17% 61+ days 3%

The read · computed from their figures

Wates Group Services Limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 36 days against stated terms of 30–45 days.

The direction is slower: from 25 to 36 days over the window — about 11 days slower.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 3% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard terms vary according to the type of supply as follows: Sub-Contractors – 45 or 30 days from assessment date. Applications are requested up to 5 days before the assessment date. General Suppliers & Consultants –30 days from date of invoice Suppliers of major materials – 30 days from end of month of supply

Dispute resolution

Wates seeks to avoid disputes by discussing matters directly with the relevant supplier. All standard agreements set out a dispute resolution process. In the first instance contact is with the accounts payment team or commercial staff responsible for the matter. If it cannot be resolved at that level there is an escalated negotiation option involving a senior member of the business team. If the matter cannot be resolved at that senior level the preference is to refer to some form of ADR (mediation, expert determination, etc.) but adjudication or legal proceedings may be used.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263611%3%30 Jul 2026
H2 20253311%1%30 Jan 2026
H1 20253213%1%29 Jul 2025
H2 20242937%0%29 Jan 2025
H1 20243318%1%29 Jul 2024
H2 20232532%1%29 Jan 2024
H1 20232950%6%27 Jul 2023
H2 20222853%5%27 Jan 2023
H1 20222643%2%29 Jul 2022
H2 20212330%3%28 Jan 2022
H1 20213041%3%29 Jul 2021
H2 20203456%6%27 Jan 2021
H1 20202946%3%29 Jul 2020
H2 20193115%2%29 Jan 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 36-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £2,400 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 slower over the window (25 → 36 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 36, moving within about ±4 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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