Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Charles Wilson Engineers Limited pays suppliers in 70 days on average — within its stated 30–180 day terms

CRN 01393410 · Administrative & support services · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

70daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 40 days past the shortest term they state (30 days), still within their 180-day upper term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 30–180 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 8% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 49%
Reporting period: 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid within their stated range — 70 against 30–180 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–195

avg 70d

0 days195 days

reported avg 70 days their filed terms 30–180 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 9% 31–60 days 42% 61+ days 49%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #112024, period 1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026, filed 27 May 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Charles Wilson Engineers Limited pays within its stated range, 40 days past the shortest term. 8% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 49% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 18 reports

65 → 70 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 18 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

5 days slower across the window. From 65 days in H2 2023 to 70 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Charles Wilson Engineers Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 70 days against stated terms of 30–180 days; 8% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 49% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 May 2026.

The direction is slower: from 65 days in H2 2023 to 70 now — 5 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 96% of the 593 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

That is 18 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

90 days from end of month of receipt of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers will be notified of disputed invoices by our Accounts Payable team at Charles Wilson Engineers Ltd, 86 High Street, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2SP. The dispute will be investigated in a timely manner by the individual who initiated the order. Invoices subject to a dispute will not be paid until resolution of the dispute. All invoices must state an official order number.

Other information

Payments in query or dispute are paid as and when resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	70	8%	49%	27 May 2026
H2 2025	60	8%	39%	30 Nov 2025
H1 2025	60	9%	40%	29 May 2025
H2 2024	62	7%	47%	15 Nov 2024
H1 2024	73	5%	54%	21 May 2024
H2 2023	65	4%	48%	27 Nov 2023
H1 2023	70	16%	54%	7 Sept 2023
H2 2022	67	5%	54%	8 Sept 2023
H1 2022	30	5%	54%	8 Sept 2023
H2 2021	70	5%	56%	8 Sept 2023
H1 2021	67	42%	53%	15 Jul 2021
H2 2020	85	64%	72%	8 Jul 2021
H1 2020	68	49%	52%	8 Jul 2021
H2 2019	62	35%	47%	2 Dec 2019
H1 2019	53	35%	34%	24 Sept 2019
H2 2018	69	27%	60%	24 Jun 2019
H1 2018	65	25%	52%	24 Jun 2019
H2 2017	68	29%	60%	24 Jun 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Oct 1978
Registered office: PENDRAGON HOUSE, ST ALBANS, AL1 1LJ

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 70-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 70-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £27,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 70-day cycle — about £15,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Charles Wilson Engineers Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (65 → 70 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 70; across their last 6 reports it ranged 60–73 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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?

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Is this official government data?

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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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