Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Ultimate Packaging Limited paid suppliers in 54 days on average — within its stated 37–70 day terms

CRN 01625575 · Manufacturing · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Aug 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Aug 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

54daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 17 days past the shortest term they state (37 days), still within their 70-day upper term.

Their stated terms: 37–70 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 60% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 40%
Reporting period: 1 Mar 2021 – 31 Aug 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 27 Sept 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid within their stated range — 54 against 37–70 days

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–80

avg 54d

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reported avg 54 days their filed terms 37–70 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 12% 31–60 days 48% 61+ days 40%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #50055, period 1 Mar 2021 – 31 Aug 2021, filed 27 Sept 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Ultimate Packaging Limited paid within its stated range, 17 days past the shortest term. 60% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 40% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

Held steady around 54 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 7 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 54 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±0 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 37-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Ultimate Packaging Limited's H1 2021 filing put their average at 54 days against stated terms of 37–70 days; 60% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 40% took 61 days or longer. Filed 27 Sept 2021.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

That is 7 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

37 days from end of invoicing month

Dispute resolution

Each complaint is considered on its own merit with deliberation between the finance team, the supplier and the relevent ordering department.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2021	54	60%	40%	27 Sept 2021
H1 2021	54	62%	42%	29 Mar 2021
H1 2020	54	58%	40%	16 Sept 2020
H1 2020	54	67%	41%	25 Mar 2020
H1 2019	51	61%	37%	25 Sept 2019
H1 2019	55	66%	42%	26 Mar 2019
H1 2018	53	63%	34%	24 Sept 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 30 Mar 1982
Registered office: PEGASUS WAY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, DN37 9TS

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 54-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 54-day vs a 37-day payment cycle.

≈ £21,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 54-day cycle — about £6,700 more than the same account would carry at 37-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 · Ultimate Packaging Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±0 days period to period, around 54 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 54, moving within about ±0 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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