Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Ashtead Plant Hire Company Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00444569 · Administrative & support services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

39days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1 Nov 1947
Registered office: 102 DALTON AVENUE, WARRINGTON, WA3 6YE

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms30–60d

+9 days

Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

21%

invoices paid outside terms

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 74% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 39% 31–60 days 50% 61+ days 11%

The read · computed from their figures

Ashtead Plant Hire Company Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 11% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

21% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company negotiates and agrees payment terms with its suppliers as one element of its procurement process. As a result, payment terms vary by supplier. The most common payment term in place in 30 days.

Dispute resolution

Supplier invoices and payments are managed by the Accounts Payable team at Sunbelt Rentals Limited's Support Office at 102 Dalton Avenue, Birchwood Park, Warrington, WA3 6YE. Disputed invoices will be notified to the supplier by the individual who initiated the purchase transaction to ensure that they are investigated in a timely manner and resolved. Invoiced items that are subject to dispute will not be paid until resolution of the dispute, whereupon payment shall be made in accordance with this policy.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	39	21%	11%	2 Jun 2026
H2 2025	40	18%	11%	27 Nov 2025
H1 2025	41	20%	12%	29 May 2025
H2 2024	40	26%	15%	28 Nov 2024
H1 2024	38	15%	7%	27 May 2024
H2 2023	38	15%	6%	24 Nov 2023
H1 2023	39	15%	7%	30 May 2023
H2 2022	40	20%	10%	29 Nov 2022
H1 2022	40	24%	14%	27 May 2022
H2 2021	41	27%	13%	29 Nov 2021
H1 2021	39	24%	10%	27 May 2021
H2 2020	40	17%	8%	30 Nov 2020
H1 2020	44	15%	21%	29 May 2020
H2 2019	48	19%	53%	29 Nov 2019
H1 2019	55	54%	59%	30 May 2019
H2 2018	57	74%	64%	23 Nov 2018
H1 2018	60	79%	64%	30 May 2018
H2 2017	63	92%	72%	29 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. 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 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 is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 39 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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