Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Specialist Holidays (Travel) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00446617 · Administrative & support services · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2021

33days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

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

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 33.

Stated terms30–60d

+3 days

Reported avg33d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-17d

faster over the window

±9d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 63% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 62% 31–60 days 37% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Specialist Holidays (Travel) Limited has filed 7 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 33 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 50 to 33 days over the window — about 17 days faster.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

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

Working-capital effect

What a 33-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £1,200 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 has moved about 17 days faster over the window (50 → 33 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 33, moving within about ±9 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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