Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Higgins Construction PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00684617 · Construction · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2026

23days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Feb 1961
Registered office: ONE LANGSTON ROAD, ESSEX, IG10 3SD

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

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–60 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms1–60d

+22 days

Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

1–60d

their stated terms

39%

invoices paid outside terms

-16d

faster over the window

±10d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 86% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d

H1 2021H1 2022H1 2022H1 2023H1 2023H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 40% 31–60 days 55% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Higgins Construction PLC has filed 12 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 1–60 days.

The direction is faster: from 39 to 23 days over the window — about 16 days faster.

In the latest period 39% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

31% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard invoices are settled the month end following the invoice month. Subcontractors are paid within the terms of the order.

Dispute resolution

Queries are referred to the bought ledger department for invoice queries and to the commercial team for subcontract queries.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	23	39%	5%	28 Apr 2026
H1 2023	19	64%	3%	9 Aug 2023
H1 2023	35	49%	4%	12 Apr 2023
H1 2022	15	65%	2%	12 Apr 2023
H1 2022	40	44%	4%	16 Feb 2022
H1 2021	39	39%	4%	10 Nov 2021
H1 2021	38	35%	3%	10 Nov 2021
H1 2020	35	49%	4%	10 Nov 2021
H1 2020	40	57%	5%	10 Nov 2021
H1 2019	38	55%	4%	2 Jan 2020
H1 2019	42	54%	6%	29 Jul 2019
H1 2018	34	28%	4%	6 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 23-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £8,700 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 16 days faster over the window (39 → 23 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±10 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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