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Aston Barclay Limited pays suppliers in 12 days on average — 9 days past its stated terms

CRN 01644813 · Wholesale & retail trade · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

12daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 9 days past the 3-day term they state.

Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
3 days
Paid outside agreed terms
15% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
2%
Reporting period
1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 2 Jun 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 9 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 15 reports

9 → 12 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Aston Barclay Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 12 days against stated terms of 3 days; 15% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 2% took 61 days or longer. Filed 2 Jun 2026.

The direction is slower: from 9 days in H2 2023 to 12 now — 3 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Faster than 97% of the 815 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

That is 15 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2019) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

For our vendors - payments terms are different for each vendor, they vary between 3 to 10 days. For our overhead suppliers, we are dictated by each supplier for the payment terms.

Dispute resolution

If payment has not been made due to the invoice not being approved, the approver at the relevant site will be chased. The payment will only be made when the invoice has been approved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261215%2%2 Jun 2026
H2 2025915%1%4 Dec 2025
H1 20251016%1%30 Jun 2025
H2 2024914%1%17 Dec 2024
H1 2024914%1%18 Jun 2024
H2 2023914%1%13 Dec 2023
H1 2023713%1%19 Jun 2023
H2 2022713%1%21 Dec 2022
H1 2022610%1%21 Jun 2022
H2 202158%0%23 Dec 2021
H1 202168%1%17 Jun 2021
H2 2020612%1%15 Dec 2020
H1 20201025%3%11 Jun 2020
H2 2019619%0%24 Dec 2019
H1 2019726%1%12 Sept 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
18 Jun 1982
Registered office
FORM 2 18 BARTLEY WOOD BUSINESS PARK, HOOK, RG27 9XA
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 24 May 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 12-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 12-day vs a 3-day payment cycle.

≈ £4,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 12-day cycle — about £3,500 more than the same account would carry at 3-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 · Aston Barclay Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days slower over the window (9 → 12 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 12; across their last 6 reports it ranged 9–12 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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?
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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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