Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Ball Colegrave Limited pays suppliers in 32 days on average — within its stated 7–90 day terms
Their H2 2025 filing puts the average 25 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 90-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 7–90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 1% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 7%
- Reporting period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 9 Dec 2025
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2025 filing
Paid within their stated range — 32 against 7–90 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The read · computed from their figures
Ball Colegrave Limited's H2 2025 filing puts their average at 32 days against stated terms of 7–90 days; 1% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 9 Dec 2025.
On the latest reported averages: Faster than 66% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.
That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2025) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
30-60 days (Paid end of following month of invoice date) for standard monthly paid suppliers The percentages calculated above for payment statistics include payments made to the Ball UK Group of companies for providing goods and services to Ball Colegrave Limited. The intercompany invoices are processed through a contra process within the finance processing system. We operate on a general payment term basis of 30-60 days from date of receipt of invoice, however we do have a varied arrangement of payment terms with some of our other external suppliers. Foreign payments to suppliers are generally paid on 30 days , however we have 3 suppliers on different payment terms which are agreed with them - these are 90 / 60 / 45 days payment terms. A weekly payment run is processed to capt
Dispute resolution
Accounts payable will phone or email to speak directly to our supplier contact and resolve and issues
Other information
Any changes to terms or invoicing processes are emailed out to all suppliers to notify them
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2025 | 32 | 1% | 7% | 9 Dec 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 37 | 1% | 10% | 9 Dec 2025 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 4 Aug 1981
- Registered office
- MILTON ROAD, OXFORDSHIRE, OX17 3EY
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 32-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.
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.
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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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