Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Chelton Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00896823 · Manufacturing · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

45days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower 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: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 27 Jan 1967
Registered office: THE CHELTON CENTRE, MARLOW, SL7 1TF

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 75 days. Reported average: 45.

Stated terms75d

-30 days

Reported avg45d

At a glance

The key figures

75d

their stated terms

40%

invoices paid outside terms

-12d

faster over the window

±6d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 52% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 75d

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 31% 31–60 days 47% 61+ days 22%

The read · computed from their figures

Chelton Limited has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 45 days against stated terms of 75 days.

The direction is faster: from 57 to 45 days over the window — about 12 days faster.

In the latest period 40% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 22% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard contractual length for payment of invoices is 30 Days EOM (End of Month) from receipt of invoice. We do however undertake specific negotiations with suppliers in certain circumstances, which may be informed by, amongst other considerations, our own payment receipts profile from ultimate end users of our products and flow down contractual requirements from our own customers.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers are notified of any changes to these policies in writing and during the ordering process for parts and services. Disputes related to payment can be raised by suppliers directly with local finance teams, the procurement team and relevant departmental managers either verbally or in writing. Any query or dispute raised is addressed as soon as practical and the supplier engaged as appropriate.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	45	40%	22%	21 Apr 2026
H2 2025	48	47%	26%	8 Oct 2025
H1 2025	49	47%	27%	28 May 2025
H2 2021	57	86%	43%	1 Feb 2022
H1 2021	59	82%	45%	27 Jul 2021
H2 2020	57	75%	41%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	55	58%	41%	3 Aug 2020
H2 2019	46	26%	28%	31 Mar 2020
H1 2019	42	16%	24%	23 Sept 2019
H2 2018	39	31%	16%	19 Mar 2019
H1 2018	42	53%	21%	19 Mar 2019

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 12 days faster over the window (57 → 45 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 45, moving within about ±6 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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