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How long does Swale Heating Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01076034 · Construction · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

58days
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.

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
11 Oct 1972
Registered office
NORFOLK HOUSE, LONDON, WC1A 2AJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 29 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–91 days. Reported average: 58.

Stated terms7–91d
+51 days
Reported avg58d

At a glance

The key figures

7–91d
their stated terms
8%
invoices paid outside terms
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 94% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 4 statutory reports.

terms 7d
60
54
55
58
H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 91% 61+ days 2%

The read · computed from their figures

Swale Heating Limited has filed 4 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2024). Their latest report puts the average at 58 days against stated terms of 7–91 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 2% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Terms are agreed as part of contractual negotiations. Terms vary from 7 days to 60 days end of month (i.e. up to a maximum of 91 days as noted above). Standard terms are 30 days. Note, on payment statistics our two largest suppliers have been calculated using newly agreed invoicing mechanism based on payment terms of 60 days end of month. Under the previous mechanism, for six months to 30 September 2025, invoices paid in 31-60 days would have been 7%, invoices paid in 61 days or more would have been 86% and the average time to pay invoices would have been 72 days.

Dispute resolution

The Accounts Payable team look to resolve disputes by discussing them with the relevant suppliers or subcontractors. This may escalate to the Head of Purchase to Pay and/or the relevant team/senior manager if required. Where it is not possible to reach agreement a number of dispute resolution methods such as mediation, adjudication, litigation and/or arbitration may be used.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 2025588%2%24 Oct 2025
H1 2025557%1%29 Apr 2025
H2 20245427%5%30 Oct 2024
H1 20246029%13%30 Apr 2024

Working-capital effect

What a 58-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 58-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £23,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 58-day cycle — about £20,100 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 is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 58 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 58, 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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