Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Erith Contractors Limited pays suppliers in 62 days on average — 17 days past its stated terms

CRN 01102060 · Water & waste · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

62daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 17 days past the 45-day term they state.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 61% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 45%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 7 Oct 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 17 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–70

avg 62d

0 days70 days

reported avg 62 days their filed terms 45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 5% 31–60 days 50% 61+ days 45%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #117314, period 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026, filed 7 Oct 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Erith Contractors Limited pays 17 days past its own stated terms. 61% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 45% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

39 → 62 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 7 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

23 days slower across the window. From 39 days in H2 2018 to 62 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 45-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Erith Contractors Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 62 days against stated terms of 45 days; 61% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 45% took 61 days or longer. Filed 7 Oct 2026.

The direction is slower: from 39 days in H2 2018 to 62 now — 23 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 97% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard Terms - 60 days from month end of invoice date (EOM+60 days). Preferential Terms - 45 days from month end of invoice date (EOM +45days)

Dispute resolution

All queries are handled through [email protected] in the first instance and may involve our Procurement Team, Commercial Team and where necessary Senior Management.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	62	61%	45%	7 Oct 2026
H2 2020	54	8%	32%	15 Feb 2021
H1 2020	48	11%	21%	3 Jun 2020
H2 2019	41	9%	31%	4 Dec 2019
H1 2019	51	15%	27%	21 May 2019
H2 2018	39	8%	35%	31 Oct 2018
H1 2018	60	57%	50%	30 Apr 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 Mar 1973
Registered office: 100 WOOD STREET, LONDON, EC2V 7AN

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

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 62-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 62-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £24,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 62-day cycle — about £6,700 more than the same account would carry at 45-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · Erith Contractors Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 23 days slower over the window (39 → 62 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 62; across their last 6 reports it ranged 39–62 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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