Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does B & K Building Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01498712 · Construction · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 29 Feb 2024

38days

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 29 Feb 2024 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: 27 May 1980
Registered office: HIGH EDGE COURT, BELPER, DE56 2BW

9 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 May 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–62 days. Reported average: 38.

Stated terms30–62d

+8 days

Reported avg38d

At a glance

The key figures

30–62d

their stated terms

18%

invoices paid outside terms

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 67% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H1 2021H1 2022H1 2022H1 2023H1 2023H1 2024

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 33% 31–60 days 60% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

B & K Building Services Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 38 days against stated terms of 30–62 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 18% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Suppliers : Net Monthly or End of Month following tax point of invoice Subcontractors : Standard JCT/NEC contract terms (typically 35 to 42 days)

Dispute resolution

Suppliers : Material Deliveries - If there is no record of a delivery being made, proof of delivery is requested by the accounts dept. Incorrect Price - If goods are charged at a different rate to ordered, the buying dept. will contact the supplier to resolve. Sub-Contractors : Where dispute arises, the Project QS will liaise with the sub-contractor to resolve. For both suppliers and subcontractors if the dispute cannot be resolved through the normal process as detailed above the matter will be escalated internally to either the group accountant, finance director or regional director dependent upon the nature of the dispute.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2024	38	18%	7%	7 Mar 2024
H1 2023	43	17%	11%	27 Sept 2023
H1 2023	39	20%	6%	31 Mar 2023
H1 2022	38	26%	5%	30 Sept 2022
H1 2022	39	23%	5%	31 Mar 2022
H1 2021	38	10%	5%	28 Sept 2021
H1 2021	35	13%	8%	30 Mar 2021
H1 2020	38	19%	5%	23 Sept 2020
H1 2020	41	22%	5%	31 Mar 2020
H1 2019	38	19%	4%	30 Sept 2019
H1 2019	40	27%	6%	29 Mar 2019
H1 2018	38	28%	5%	26 Sept 2018
H1 2018	41	39%	8%	30 Mar 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 38-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 38-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 38-day cycle — about £3,200 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 is steady — within about ±3 days period to period, around 38 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 38, moving within about ±3 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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