Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
How long does Clays Ltd. take to pay its suppliers?
Self-reported figure from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 14 Jul 1938
- Registered office
- CLAYS PRINTING WORKS, BUNGAY, NR35 1ED
Terms vs reality
Stated terms: 14–150 days. Reported average: 62.
At a glance
The key figures
Vs peers · latest reported averages
The pattern
Getting faster
Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.
Where their supplier invoices land · latest period
The read · computed from their figures
Clays Ltd. has filed 7 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 62 days against stated terms of 14–150 days.
The direction is faster: from 76 to 62 days over the window — about 14 days faster.
In the latest period 88% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 55% landed 61+ days out.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Clays Limited standard payment terms are 93 days from the end of the month of the invoice date. For certain suppliers e.g. regulatory bodies, one-off suppliers, or suppliers below a certain level of expenditure, payment terms can be less that the standard ones. Payment terms are notified to the supplier as part of the on boarding process which involves the completion of the standard new suppliers form, with parts completed by the supplier and the relevant procurement contact. The supplier form is submitted to the accounts payable tea, in accordance with the delegated authorities, to upload in the system. Subsequent changes to the terms where applicable, are discussed between the procurement contact and the supplier and notified to the accounts payable team.
Dispute resolution
A discrepancy dashboard is created weekly by the accounts payable team and queried with the appropriate internal contact. The responses received are actioned weekly (outside of month end). If there is no resolution, then it is escalated to the Financial Controller. Communications from the supplier about invoices in dispute are investigated by the accounts payable team and, if required, are escalated to the relevant contact address.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2020 | 62 | 88% | 55% | 28 Jan 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 67 | 91% | 54% | 27 Jul 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 67 | 85% | 55% | 23 Jan 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 72 | 83% | 62% | 20 Sept 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 69 | 71% | 70% | 22 Jul 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 76 | 70% | 61% | 25 Jul 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 72 | 62% | 60% | 1 Mar 2018 |
Working-capital effect
What a 62-day cycle ties up
Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 62-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.
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.
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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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).
Report PL-00342498 · latest period to 31 Dec 2020
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