Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Bowmer and Kirkland Limited pays suppliers in 28 days on average — within its stated 21–30 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 7 days past the shortest term they state (21 days), still within their 30-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 21–30 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 12% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 4%
- Reporting period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Sept 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 28 against 21–30 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports
31 → 28 days — getting faster
The read · computed from their figures
Bowmer and Kirkland Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 28 days against stated terms of 21–30 days; 12% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Sept 2026.
The direction is faster: from 31 days in H1 2024 to 28 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 73% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.
That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Suppliers : 30 days following tax point of invoice Subcontractors : Standard JCT/NEC contract terms
Dispute resolution
Suppliers : Material Deliveries - If there is no record of a delivery being made, proof of delivery is requested by the accounts dept. Incorrect Price - If goods are charged at a different rate to ordered, the buying dept. will contact the supplier to resolve. Sub-Contractors : Where dispute arises, the Project QS will liaise with the sub-contractor to resolve. For both suppliers and subcontractors if the dispute cannot be resolved through the normal process as detailed above the matter will be escalated internally to either the group accountant, finance director or regional director dependant upon the nature of the dispute.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 28 | 12% | 4% | 24 Sept 2026 |
| H1 2026 | 27 | 15% | 4% | 31 Mar 2026 |
| H1 2025 | 31 | 17% | 4% | 30 Sept 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 31 | 19% | 5% | 18 Mar 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 31 | 19% | 4% | 27 Sept 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 31 | 27% | 4% | 26 Mar 2024 |
| H1 2023 | 30 | 28% | 5% | 28 Sept 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 30 | 28% | 5% | 31 Mar 2023 |
| H1 2022 | 31 | 28% | 4% | 30 Sept 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 35 | 28% | 5% | 31 Mar 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 37 | 27% | 5% | 28 Sept 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 37 | 27% | 5% | 30 Mar 2021 |
| H1 2020 | 37 | 27% | 5% | 25 Sept 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 39 | 35% | 5% | 31 Mar 2020 |
| H1 2019 | 39 | 28% | 6% | 30 Sept 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 44 | 50% | 11% | 29 Mar 2019 |
| H1 2018 | 41 | 42% | 10% | 26 Sept 2018 |
| H1 2018 | 41 | 51% | 10% | 30 Mar 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 30 Aug 1961
- Registered office
- HIGH EDGE COURT CHURCH STREET, BELPER, DE56 2BW
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 28-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 28-day vs a 21-day payment cycle.
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.
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