Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Geoffrey Osborne Limited paid suppliers in 30 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 00873093 · Construction · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

30daysavg time to pay · H2 2023

Their H2 2023 filing put the average 23 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 40% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 7%
Reporting period: 1 Apr 2023 – 30 Sept 2023
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Oct 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2023 filing

Paid within their stated range — 30 against 7–60 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–65

avg 30d

0 days65 days

reported avg 30 days their filed terms 7–60 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 68% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 7%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #77074, period 1 Apr 2023 – 30 Sept 2023, filed 30 Oct 2023 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Geoffrey Osborne Limited paid within its stated range, 23 days past the shortest term. 40% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 7% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2023 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

Held steady around 30 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 11 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 30 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±7 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Geoffrey Osborne Limited's H2 2023 filing put their average at 30 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 40% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Oct 2023.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±7 days period to period.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code and Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company has various payment terms. Purchaser ledger - These are agreed with suppliers as part of contract negotiations. Generally we have 30 days terms. For a small number of larger suppliers we have agreed terms of up to 60 days from the end of the month. Subcontract ledger - There vary be framework and contract and range from 28 days to 45 days from the date of application.

Dispute resolution

Disputes can be sent to the finance team ([email protected]) who will aim to resolve issues.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	30	40%	7%	30 Oct 2023
H1 2023	19	34%	5%	27 Apr 2023
H2 2022	30	43%	13%	28 Oct 2022
H1 2022	33	41%	10%	25 Apr 2022
H2 2021	29	30%	7%	27 Oct 2021
H1 2021	30	23%	7%	27 Apr 2021
H2 2020	31	26%	7%	28 Oct 2020
H1 2020	29	29%	5%	29 Apr 2020
H2 2019	30	26%	5%	15 Oct 2019
H1 2019	42	37%	13%	26 Apr 2019
H2 2018	47	38%	20%	26 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: In Administration
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 7 Mar 1966
Registered office: C/O RSM UK RESTRUCTURING ADVISORY LLP, LONDON, EC4A 4AB

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2024

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 30-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 30-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 30-day cycle — about £9,100 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 · Geoffrey Osborne Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±7 days period to period, around 30 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 30, moving within about ±7 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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