Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

S.H.B. Hire Limited paid suppliers in 42 days on average — 12 days past its stated terms

CRN 01391731 · Administrative & support services · 4 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2020

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jan 2020 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2020

Their H1 2020 filing put the average 12 days past the 30-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 7–30 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 20% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Jan 2020
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 26 Feb 2020

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2020 filing

Paid 12 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 42d

0 days50 days

reported avg 42 days their filed terms 7–30 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 25% 31–60 days 72% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #29244, period 1 Jul 2019 – 31 Jan 2020, filed 26 Feb 2020 · gov.uk payment-practices service

S.H.B. Hire Limited paid 12 days past its own stated terms. 20% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2020 filing.

The pattern · last 4 of 4 reports

32 → 42 days — slower across the window

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 4 of 4 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

10 days slower across the window. From 32 days in H1 2018 to 42 in the H1 2020 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

S.H.B. Hire Limited's H1 2020 filing put their average at 42 days against stated terms of 7–30 days; 20% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 26 Feb 2020.

The direction is slower: from 32 days in H1 2018 to 42 now — 10 days slower across their last 4 reports.

That is 4 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are payment on the last working day in the month following the date of invoice.

Dispute resolution

SHB seeks to resolve disputes by discussing them with the supplier typically involving the accounts payable team and relevant colleagues within SHB and procurement team where necessary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2020	42	20%	3%	26 Feb 2020
H1 2019	42	28%	5%	5 Aug 2019
H2 2018	44	31%	5%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	32	25%	3%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Sept 1978
Registered office: ENTERPRISE HOUSE, EGHAM, TW20 9FB

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Apr 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 42-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 42-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 42-day cycle — about £13,800 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · S.H.B. Hire Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 10 days slower over the window (32 → 42 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report put the average at day 42; across their last 4 reports it ranged 32–44 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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