Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Crest Nicholson PLC take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01040616 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

39days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 31 Jan 1972
Registered office: 500 DASHWOOD LANG ROAD, ADDLESTONE, KT15 2HJ

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms14–60d

+25 days

Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d

their stated terms

64%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 69% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 38% 31–60 days 55% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Crest Nicholson PLC has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 36 to 39 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 64% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Crest’s standard payment terms for product suppliers are 30 days end of month (equivalent to payment at the end of following calendar month of invoice date) Crest’s standard construction contract payment terms for subcontractors is 34 days plus 2 days for Bacs transfer following the subcontractor’s valid application for payment.

Dispute resolution

Detailed information is available on www.crestnicholson.com/legal-information/supply-chain including details of contacts within Crest, process documentation for submitting invoices, applications to pay through to payments, remittances and query processes. This includes escalation and dispute resolution details. This is intended to support both Product suppliers and subcontractors. For Product suppliers your first point of call for invoice related queries should be your bought ledger regional contact. They will be able to advise if your invoice has been received, processed or paid and provide details of the remittance. If the document has not been approved you will be directed to the Crest owner of the purchase order associated with the invoice to resolve the issue. To ensure prompt paym

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	39	64%	7%	30 May 2026
H2 2025	36	57%	6%	28 Nov 2025
H1 2025	33	39%	6%	29 May 2025
H2 2024	38	43%	7%	27 Nov 2024
H1 2024	37	45%	10%	20 May 2024
H2 2023	36	39%	8%	24 Nov 2023
H1 2023	32	18%	7%	19 May 2023
H2 2022	35	21%	8%	28 Nov 2022
H1 2022	36	21%	8%	13 Jun 2022
H2 2021	36	21%	6%	2 Dec 2021
H1 2021	39	29%	11%	26 May 2021
H2 2020	46	28%	7%	30 Nov 2020
H1 2020	37	24%	10%	21 May 2020
H2 2019	36	22%	8%	29 Nov 2019
H1 2019	39	31%	11%	29 May 2019
H2 2018	41	28%	14%	27 Nov 2018
H1 2018	41	50%	12%	31 May 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £9,900 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

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (36 → 39 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±3 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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