Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Headlam Group PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00460129 · Professional & technical services · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

48days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 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: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 18 Oct 1948
Registered office: GORSEY LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B46 1JU

5 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2026 — overdue

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 15–130 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms15–130d

+33 days

Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

15–130d

their stated terms

15%

invoices paid outside terms

-3d

faster over the window

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 80% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 15d

H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 34% 31–60 days 34% 61+ days 32%

The read · computed from their figures

Headlam Group PLC has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 15–130 days.

The direction is faster: from 51 to 48 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 15% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 32% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

A singular standard payment term does not exist across our supplier base due to the long-standing relationships that we have with our suppliers. The majority of terms are 10th of second month following date of invoice (being 40 to 70 days) or 10th of third month following date of invoice (being 70 to 100 days). In most cases settlement discount is included within the terms. Any amendments to such terms are negotiated and agreed by both parties. For service provider suppliers (i.e. excluding stock for resale suppliers) standard payment terms are end of month following date of invoice (being 30 to 60 days).

Dispute resolution

• All invoices are registered onto the system on receipt and subsequently authorised at the earliest possible date. • If for any reason there is a discrepancy between the invoice value and what our internal purchase order system is expecting the invoice is suspended pending confirmation of the query to determine if this is a supplier or internal error. • If it is deemed that the query is due to supplier error, a linked debit note is raised on our system and emailed to the supplier informing them of the query. • Once the credit note is received from the supplier it is authorised onto our system automatically authorising the invoice previously held under query. • The authorised invoice will then be paid in the next payment run to the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	48	15%	32%	22 Jan 2024
H1 2023	48	17%	34%	12 Jul 2023
H2 2022	48	17%	33%	24 Jan 2023
H1 2022	50	18%	36%	25 Jul 2022
H2 2021	52	18%	39%	28 Mar 2022
H1 2021	51	19%	38%	16 Aug 2021
H2 2020	50	20%	33%	12 Feb 2021
H1 2020	58	21%	45%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	53	16%	39%	10 Feb 2020
H1 2019	53	15%	37%	11 Jul 2019
H2 2018	53	14%	39%	11 Jul 2019
H1 2018	54	17%	39%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 15-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 15-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 3 days faster over the window (51 → 48 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 48, moving within about ±1 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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