Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Erith Contractors Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01102060 · Water & waste · 6 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2020

54days

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 2020 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: 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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 54.

Stated terms45d

+9 days

Reported avg54d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-6d

faster over the window

±7d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 87% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 11% 31–60 days 57% 61+ days 32%

The read · computed from their figures

Erith Contractors Limited has filed 6 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 54 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The direction is faster: from 60 to 54 days over the window — about 6 days faster.

In the latest period 8% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 32% landed 61+ days out.

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
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

Working-capital effect

What a 54-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 6 days faster over the window (60 → 54 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 54, moving within about ±7 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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