Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Specialist Holidays (Travel) Limited paid suppliers in 33 days on average — within its stated 30–60 day terms
Their H1 2021 filing put the average 3 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
- 1% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 1%
- Reporting period
- 1 Oct 2020 – 31 Mar 2021
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 16 Apr 2021
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing
Paid within their stated range — 33 against 30–60 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports
50 → 33 days — faster across the window
The read · computed from their figures
Specialist Holidays (Travel) Limited's H1 2021 filing put their average at 33 days against stated terms of 30–60 days; 1% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 1% took 61 days or longer. Filed 16 Apr 2021.
The direction is faster: from 50 days in H2 2018 to 33 now — 17 days faster across their last 6 reports.
That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Creditors are paid weekly with payment runs paying invoices approved and due up to the payment date. This results in suppliers being paid for invoices both before and after the 30-60 days terms. Specialist Holidays (Travel) Limited standard payment terms are 30-60 days from receipt of invoice (not date of invoice) on normal qualifying contracts unless specifically agreed or net monthly. We have several suppliers who offer differing payment terms and we do our best to accommodate these for UK and non UK suppliers. Creditors send invoices by email throughout the month. The business handles invoices through OCR and workflow technology with a high proportion of invoices being matched to purchase orders or being approved by managers using online approval workflow and authorisati
Dispute resolution
The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner and as close to contractual terms as we possibly can. We do our utmost to resolve queries quickly and to everyone’s satisfaction. It is important to us that there is no negative impact on our customers experience and our supplier relationships are essential in delivering the first class services our customers expect. A close working relationship and good payment performance is paramount in our business. Suppliers generally email their invoices to dedicated email addresses where they are scanned by our OCR system for processing and matching to purchase orders. The Accounts Payable Executives and Team Leader work closely with our suppliers and departments to understand why an invoice is not ap
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2021 | 33 | 1% | 1% | 16 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 50 | 8% | 8% | 19 Nov 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 50 | 53% | 43% | 19 Nov 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 50 | 36% | 14% | 6 Nov 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 50 | 32% | 9% | 29 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 50 | 10% | 4% | 31 Oct 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 45 | 32% | 21% | 26 Apr 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 15 Dec 1947
- Registered office
- 4TH FLOOR, WEST POINT, HORSHAM, RH12 2PD
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 33-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.
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.
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