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How long does Wavin Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00405836 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

69days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Mar 1946
Registered office
WAVIN EDLINGTON LANE, DONCASTER, DN12 1BY
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–120 days. Reported average: 69.

Stated terms0–120d
+69 days
Reported avg69d

At a glance

The key figures

0–120d
their stated terms
26%
invoices paid outside terms
+15d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 89% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

54
55
60
66
68
69
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 17% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 32%

The read · computed from their figures

Wavin Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 69 days against stated terms of 0–120 days.

The direction is slower: from 54 to 69 days over the window — about 15 days slower.

In the latest period 26% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 32% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

60 days net

Dispute resolution

There are two forms of agreement with vendors. Either there is a signed acceptance of the Wavin standard terms and conditions or there is a formal contract or supply agreement signed by both parties. The payment terms included in either form of agreement are then used to update the vendor master data records. If the vendor challenges the terms, the Buyer or authorised representative of Wavin will be tasked to reach agreement with the vendor and will then arrange for master data changes to be made if required.

Other information

The processing and payment of invoices is outsourced to a parent company shared service centre based in Poznan, Poland. There are five payment runs per month around the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 28th.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266926%32%29 Jul 2026
H2 20256820%28%23 Jan 2026
H1 20256623%35%8 Jul 2025
H2 20246023%30%17 Jan 2025
H1 20245524%27%11 Jul 2024
H2 20235426%27%22 Jan 2024
H1 20235416%26%12 Jul 2023
H2 20225715%26%26 Jan 2023
H1 20225613%27%12 Jul 2022
H2 20215614%30%25 Jan 2022
H1 20215413%32%16 Jul 2021
H2 20205713%31%28 Jan 2021
H1 20205828%34%17 Jul 2020
H2 20195416%28%28 Jan 2020
H1 20195425%25%12 Jul 2019
H2 20186162%29%30 Jan 2019
H1 20186882%38%18 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 69-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 69-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 69-day cycle — about £27,200 more than the same account would carry at 0-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 15 days slower over the window (54 → 69 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 69, moving within about ±5 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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