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How long does Ian Williams Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00879464 · Construction · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 5 Apr 2026

19days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 May 1966
Registered office
QUARRY ROAD, BRISTOL, BS37 6JL
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–40 days. Reported average: 19.

Stated terms7–40d
+12 days
Reported avg19d

At a glance

The key figures

7–40d
their stated terms
2%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±1d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 93% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
22
22
21
20
20
19
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 82% 31–60 days 16% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Ian Williams Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 19 days against stated terms of 7–40 days.

The direction is faster: from 22 to 19 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 2% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Purchase ledger: 40 days end of month Subcontractor ledger: 14 to 30 days

Dispute resolution

Ian Williams actively seeks to resolve disputes by discussing any invoice queries directly with the supplier. A formal request for a credit note is issued if this is required. Our procurement team hold regular meetings with our suppliers to prevent any invoice/price discrepancies. All the prices are agreed and fixed in advance with the supplier and uploaded to our systems. The business also operates a no purchase order, no pay policy. Invoices received which do not quote a valid purchase order number are rejected and returned to the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2026192%2%5 May 2026
H2 2025203%2%29 Oct 2025
H1 20252010%2%25 Apr 2025
H2 20242112%3%28 Oct 2024
H1 20242211%3%16 Apr 2024
H2 20232211%3%6 Nov 2023
H1 20232517%4%6 Jun 2023
H2 20222416%4%14 Nov 2022
H1 20222415%3%26 May 2022
H1 20212016%4%15 Jun 2021
H2 20202619%5%11 Dec 2020
H1 20202525%4%30 Jul 2020
H2 20192833%6%27 Jan 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 19-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 19-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £7,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 19-day cycle — about £4,700 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 3 days faster over the window (22 → 19 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 19, moving within about ±1 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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