Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Central Garage(uppingham)limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00507844 · Wholesale & retail trade · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2024

32days

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 30 Apr 2024 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: 12 May 1952
Registered office: C/O FIRST HAMBLIN (EASTERN) LIMITED PAPYRUS BUSINESS PARC, PETERBOROUGH, PE4 5BH

4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms7–60d

+25 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d

their stated terms

38%

invoices paid outside terms

±2d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 66% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d

H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 57% 31–60 days 36% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Central Garage(uppingham)limited has filed 14 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±2 days period to period.

In the latest period 38% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

a majority of our accounts are on end of following month payment terms with some being on 7 day terms.

Dispute resolution

If an invoice is in dispute the departmental manager would contact the supplier to resolve. Once the dispute is resolved the invoice is passed for payment on the next payment run or sooner if required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	32	38%	7%	2 Oct 2024
H2 2023	34	39%	9%	2 Oct 2024
H1 2023	32	39%	10%	2 Oct 2024
H2 2022	30	31%	11%	2 Oct 2024
H1 2022	35	19%	9%	2 Oct 2024
H2 2021	33	24%	12%	2 Oct 2024
H1 2021	59	22%	12%	2 Oct 2024
H2 2020	49	18%	13%	2 Oct 2024
H1 2020	37	15%	11%	2 Oct 2024
H2 2019	37	34%	10%	10 Dec 2019
H1 2019	45	31%	21%	10 Dec 2019
H2 2018	48	31%	24%	10 Dec 2019
H1 2018	52	45%	29%	31 May 2018
H2 2017	57	55%	38%	30 Nov 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £9,900 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 ±2 days period to period, around 32 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32, moving within about ±2 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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