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Colt Car Company Limited (The) paid suppliers in 30 days on average — 29 days past its stated terms

CRN 01163954 · Financial services · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Sept 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
30daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 29 days past the 1-day term they state.

Their stated terms
1 days
Paid outside agreed terms
25% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
4%
Reporting period
1 Apr 2021 – 30 Sept 2021
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 20 Oct 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid 29 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

Held steady around 30 days

The read · computed from their figures

Colt Car Company Limited (The)'s H2 2021 filing put their average at 30 days against stated terms of 1 days; 25% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 4% took 61 days or longer. Filed 20 Oct 2021.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 DAYS, END OF MONTH

Dispute resolution

Suits business needs

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H2 20213025%4%20 Oct 2021
H1 20213123%4%12 May 2021
H2 20203123%4%26 Oct 2020
H1 20203127%5%20 Apr 2020
H2 20193123%4%21 Oct 2019
H1 20192930%4%11 Apr 2019
H2 20182831%4%8 Nov 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
21 Mar 1974
Registered office
MID CITY PLACE, LONDON, WC1V 6BA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 30-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 30-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 30-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 1-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 · Colt Car Company Limited (The)

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average was steady — within about ±1 days period to period, around 30 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 30, moving within about ±1 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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