Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01108485 · Transport & storage · 5 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2020

52days

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 Jun 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: 13 Apr 1973
Registered office: CHARTER HOUSE, LICHFIELD, WS13 6QA

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 52.

Stated terms30–60d

+22 days

Reported avg52d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

21%

invoices paid outside terms

+3d

slower over the window

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 89% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 5 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2018H2 2018H1 2019H2 2019H1 2020

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 35% 31–60 days 51% 61+ days 14%

The read · computed from their figures

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Limited has filed 5 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 52 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 49 to 52 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 21% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 14% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our terms vary depending upon which mode of transport is the paying party. CLC 30 days from end of month Road freight 45 days from end of month FCO suppliers 30 days from date of invoice Airfreight CASS exports 25th Month 1 to 25th Month 2 paid on 1st of month 3 Airfreight CASS imports 15th Month 1 to 15th Month 2 paid around 16th of Month 3 Ocean 30 days from date of invoice (this is sometimes from date of sailing)

Dispute resolution

Price related disputes are deal with at operational level. Whoever orders the service and agreed the price would be responsible for liaising with the supplier should the invoice amount not match our quoted price. Complaints regarding late payment should be taken up with the Financial Accounts Manager who would reply within 48hours.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2020	52	21%	14%	16 Jul 2020
H2 2019	52	22%	12%	29 Jan 2020
H1 2019	52	24%	15%	16 Jul 2019
H2 2018	50	27%	16%	22 Jan 2019
H1 2018	49	29%	11%	31 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 52-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 52-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 52-day cycle — about £8,700 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 (49 → 52 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 52, moving within about ±1 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

Can I see what this means for my invoices?

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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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