Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

David Cover and Son Limited paid suppliers in 39 days on average — within its stated 30–60 day terms

CRN 00396804 · Manufacturing · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2022

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2022 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

39daysavg time to pay · H1 2022

Their H1 2022 filing put the average 9 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 30–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 17% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 8%
Reporting period: 1 Jan 2022 – 30 Jun 2022
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 12 Aug 2022

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2022 filing

Paid within their stated range — 39 against 30–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 39d

0 days65 days

reported avg 39 days their filed terms 30–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 31% 31–60 days 61% 61+ days 8%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #62668, period 1 Jan 2022 – 30 Jun 2022, filed 12 Aug 2022 · gov.uk payment-practices service

David Cover and Son Limited paid within its stated range, 9 days past the shortest term. 17% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 8% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2022 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

Held steady around 39 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 8 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 39 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±2 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

David Cover and Son Limited's H1 2022 filing put their average at 39 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 17% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 12 Aug 2022.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

That is 8 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Builders Merchants Federation Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Payment by end of month following month of invoice date

Dispute resolution

Disputes are escalated by the relevant depot manager to a director

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2022	39	17%	8%	12 Aug 2022
H1 2021	43	33%	12%	21 Jul 2021
H2 2020	43	30%	13%	27 Jan 2021
H1 2020	41	29%	12%	5 Aug 2020
H2 2019	40	28%	8%	8 Jan 2020
H1 2019	40	28%	9%	24 Sept 2019
H2 2018	41	21%	11%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	39	22%	10%	20 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 6 Jul 1945
Registered office: SUSSEX HOUSE, CHICHESTER, PO19 8PE

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 39-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · David Cover and Son Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±2 days period to period, around 39 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 39, moving within about ±2 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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