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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bywaters (Leyton) Limited pays suppliers in 54 days on average — 47 days past its stated terms

CRN 00505212 · Water & waste · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2026

54daysavg time to pay · H2 2026

Their H2 2026 filing puts the average 47 days past the 7-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7 days
Paid outside agreed terms
48% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
21%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 16 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2026 filing

Paid 47 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

Holding steady around 54 days

The read · computed from their figures

Bywaters (Leyton) Limited's H2 2026 filing puts their average at 54 days against stated terms of 7 days; 48% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 21% took 61 days or longer. Filed 16 Oct 2026.

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

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 84% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard contractual length of time for payment of the invoices is 60 days from the date of the invoice. However, number of our suppliers have agreed payment terms below 60 days from the invoice date. Those are agreed on individual basis and vary from 1 day to 45 days

Dispute resolution

We work with our suppliers to ensure that disputes are resolved in a timely manner. Regarding any disputes, suppliers are requested to contact Account Payable via phone on 020 7001 6000 or email [email protected]. Accounts Payable will advise supplier of the next steps of dispute resolution process depending on the nature of the dispute. If dispute is related to the order number, then supplier will be asked to contact originator of the order. If issue is related to the delayed payment due to internal approval process, then Accounts Payable will manage this matter internally. Upon dispute resolution, payment for the invoice is arranged accordingly to the agreed with the supplier payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20265448%21%16 Oct 2026
H1 20265347%24%23 Apr 2026
H2 20255446%29%31 Oct 2025
H1 20255240%25%28 Apr 2025
H2 20245448%2%30 Oct 2024
H1 20245348%26%23 Apr 2024
H2 20235438%23%27 Oct 2023
H1 20235439%27%27 Apr 2023
H2 20225336%15%28 Oct 2022
H1 20224934%15%27 Apr 2022
H2 20215137%19%29 Oct 2021
H1 20215035%19%27 Apr 2021
H2 20205437%26%30 Oct 2020
H1 20204625%21%28 Apr 2020
H2 20194827%18%29 Oct 2019
H1 20194831%20%25 Apr 2019
H2 20184737%17%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Mar 1952
Registered office
LEA RIVERSIDE, BOW, E3 3JG
11 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 54-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £18,500 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · Bywaters (Leyton) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average is steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 54 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 54, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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.
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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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