Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Hotchkiss Ltd take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 00900611 · Construction · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2019

56days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Mar 1967
Registered office: 7 MARSHALL ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN22 9AX

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–90 days. Reported average: 56.

Stated terms14–90d

+42 days

Reported avg56d

At a glance

The key figures

14–90d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 92% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 27% 31–60 days 30% 61+ days 43%

The read · computed from their figures

Hotchkiss Ltd has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2019). Their latest report puts the average at 56 days against stated terms of 14–90 days.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 43% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

HDL Standard depends on Type of order/contract issued: 14 Days for Labour invoices 30 Days for Standard non contract suppliers 45 Days to 60 Days for contracts works where 60 Days is the most commonly used 90 Days for main stock suppliers

Dispute resolution

Hotchkiss Ltd will actively resolve disputes as quickly as possible. The Purchase Ledger staff act as a liaison between the contracts teams signing off the invoices and the suppliers credit controller. Where disputes are over incorrectly charged amounts on invoices, the invoice is held in query and our purchase ledger staff will review progress and follow up with reminders regularly either internally or externally. If resolution is not achieved, there is an escalation process in place which will raise the issue to a more senior member of staff.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2019	56	8%	43%	22 Nov 2019
H1 2019	63	3%	53%	1 May 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 56-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £16,600 more than the same account would carry at 14-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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 56. 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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