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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

C. A. Blackwell (Contracts) Limited pays suppliers in 45 days on average — right on its stated terms

CRN 00570590 · Construction · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

45daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average right on the 45-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
45 days
Paid outside agreed terms
30% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
14%
Reporting period
1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 1 Oct 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid right on the 45-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 8 reports

55 → 45 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

C. A. Blackwell (Contracts) Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 45 days against stated terms of 45 days; 30% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 14% took 61 days or longer. Filed 1 Oct 2026.

The direction is faster: from 55 days in H2 2018 to 45 now — 10 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 79% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.

That is 8 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days post month end

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264530%14%1 Oct 2026
H2 20255836%23%1 Oct 2026
H1 20204537%19%22 Jun 2020
H2 20195647%25%17 Dec 2019
H1 20195437%24%28 Jun 2019
H2 20185539%26%19 Dec 2018
H1 20184521%22%15 Jun 2018
H2 20174521%22%27 Dec 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
22 Aug 1956
Registered office
WELLBAR CENTRAL 7TH FLOOR, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 4TD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Quick answers · C. A. Blackwell (Contracts) Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 10 days faster over the window (55 → 45 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 45; across their last 6 reports it ranged 45–58 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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.
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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.

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