Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Ball Colegrave Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01577898 · Wholesale & retail trade · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Sept 2025

32days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Around averagevs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–90 days. Reported average: 32.

Stated terms7–90d

+25 days

Reported avg32d

At a glance

The key figures

7–90d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 66% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 63% 31–60 days 30% 61+ days 7%

The read · computed from their figures

Ball Colegrave Limited has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2025). Their latest report puts the average at 32 days against stated terms of 7–90 days.

In the latest period 1% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 7% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

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

Working-capital effect

What a 32-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 32-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £12,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 32-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 7-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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 32. 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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