Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Hughes TV and Audio Limited paid suppliers in 34 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms

CRN 00695682 · Wholesale & retail trade · 12 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

34daysavg time to pay · H2 2024

Their H2 2024 filing put the average 27 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–90 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 1% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Sept 2024
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 13 Dec 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing

Paid within their stated range — 34 against 7–90 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–100

avg 34d

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reported avg 34 days their filed terms 7–90 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 43% 31–60 days 54% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #91904, period 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Sept 2024, filed 13 Dec 2024 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Hughes TV and Audio Limited paid within its stated range, 27 days past the shortest term. 1% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2024 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 12 reports

29 → 34 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 12 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 29 days in H2 2021 to 34 in the H2 2024 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Hughes TV and Audio Limited's H2 2024 filing put their average at 34 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 1% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 13 Dec 2024.

The direction is slower: from 29 days in H2 2021 to 34 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 12 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company follows the standard payment terms of each supplier. They range from 7 to 90 days

Dispute resolution

We take our relationship with suppliers seriously work to build honest, sustainable relationships. We support our suppliers by having a dedicated account contact this includes a phone number so they can talk directly. Normally disputes are resolved very quickly between the account contact and the supplier. Any escalations are raised to the Finance Director to investigate and resolve.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2024	34	1%	3%	13 Dec 2024
H2 2023	7	2%	4%	26 Oct 2023
H1 2023	31	2%	3%	20 Apr 2023
H2 2022	34	1%	2%	20 Oct 2022
H1 2022	35	0%	3%	23 May 2022
H2 2021	29	0%	4%	18 Oct 2021
H1 2021	34	1%	5%	30 Jun 2021
H2 2020	35	0%	4%	30 Jun 2021
H1 2020	34	0%	3%	30 Jun 2021
H2 2019	29	13%	5%	7 Oct 2019
H1 2019	34	11%	4%	7 Oct 2019
H2 2018	28	12%	3%	30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 Jun 1961
Registered office: UNITS 1-5 WARWICK COURT ELLOUGH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BECCLES, NR34 7FD

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 34-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 34-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 34-day cycle — about £10,600 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 · Hughes TV and Audio Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (29 → 34 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 34; across their last 6 reports it ranged 7–35 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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