Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does RLC (UK) Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01195730 · Manufacturing · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2022

69days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Well behindvs 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 2022 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: 8 Jan 1975
Registered office: RLC UK METCALF DRIVE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 5AY

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–75 days. Reported average: 69.

Stated terms14–75d

+55 days

Reported avg69d

At a glance

The key figures

14–75d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

-14d

faster over the window

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 89% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

H2 2019H1 2020H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 12% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 65%

The read · computed from their figures

RLC (UK) Limited has filed 10 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 69 days against stated terms of 14–75 days.

The direction is faster: from 83 to 69 days over the window — about 14 days faster.

In the latest period 4% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 65% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

75 days net

Dispute resolution

Any invoice queries and disputes are dealt with by the finance department in liaison with the supply chain lead with a view to resolving within 30 days of the matter being raised.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2022	69	4%	65%	29 Jul 2022
H2 2021	70	2%	68%	26 Jan 2022
H1 2021	70	2%	64%	23 Jul 2021
H2 2020	70	3%	60%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	71	3%	58%	29 Jan 2021
H2 2019	83	3%	6%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	106	6%	6%	28 Jan 2020
H2 2018	132	8%	7%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2018	92	7%	5%	28 Jan 2020
H2 2017	73	8%	3%	15 Feb 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 69-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 69-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 69-day cycle — about £21,700 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 14 days faster over the window (83 → 69 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 69, 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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