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How long does U-pol Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00464919 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

56days
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
23 Feb 1949
Registered office
U-POL TECH CENTRE DENINGTON ROAD, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 2QH
2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 56.

Stated terms7–90d
+49 days
Reported avg56d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d
their stated terms
79%
invoices paid outside terms
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 71% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
55
55
56
57
57
56
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 11% 31–60 days 49% 61+ days 40%

The read · computed from their figures

U-pol Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 56 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

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

In the latest period 79% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 40% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

U-POL LTD STANDARD PAYMENT TERMS STATE:- Payment shall be made by the Buyer within 60 days from the end of the term within which the relevant Supplier's invoice was received Terms may however may be concluded by the supplier and these terms are generally from 30 to 90 days Payments are made electronically

Dispute resolution

Disputes are resolved by discussion and agreement with the supplier and are typically managed by the Finance team and Procurement team

Other information

IF ALL CREDITORS WERE PAID ON DUE DATE OF INVOICE THE AVERAGE TIME TAKEN TO PAY INVOICES DROPS FROM 56 TO 53

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265679%40%30 Jul 2026
H2 20255780%43%29 Jan 2026
H1 20255782%42%30 Jul 2025
H2 20245683%43%31 Jan 2025
H1 20245580%40%30 Jul 2024
H2 20235580%42%8 Feb 2024
H1 20235579%41%28 Jul 2023
H2 20225482%40%27 Jan 2023
H1 20225583%40%26 Jul 2022
H2 20215686%44%28 Jan 2022
H1 20215986%47%30 Jul 2021
H2 20205987%43%27 Jan 2021
H1 20205988%47%29 Jul 2020
H2 20195489%34%30 Jan 2020
H1 20195487%35%30 Jul 2019
H2 20185487%36%30 Jan 2019
H1 20185393%32%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 56-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £19,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 56 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 56, moving within about ±1 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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