Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Leathams Limited paid suppliers in 51 days on average — 6 days past its stated terms

CRN 01689381 · Manufacturing · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Oct 2021

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

51daysavg time to pay · H2 2021

Their H2 2021 filing put the average 6 days past the 45-day term they state.

Their stated terms: 30–45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 44% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 25%
Reporting period: 1 May 2021 – 31 Oct 2021
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 25 Nov 2021

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

Terms vs reality · their H2 2021 filing

Paid 6 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–60

avg 51d

0 days60 days

reported avg 51 days their filed terms 30–45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 20% 31–60 days 55% 61+ days 25%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #51781, period 1 May 2021 – 31 Oct 2021, filed 25 Nov 2021 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Leathams Limited paid 6 days past its own stated terms. 44% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 25% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H2 2021 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 9 reports

Held steady around 51 days

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 9 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

Steady around 51 days. Their reported average has moved within about ±7 days period to period; the dashed line marks the 30-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Leathams Limited's H2 2021 filing put their average at 51 days against stated terms of 30–45 days; 44% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 25% took 61 days or longer. Filed 25 Nov 2021.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±7 days period to period.

That is 9 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

For stock invoices our standard payment terms are 'End of Month Following' (45 days) For non stock invoices our standard payment terms are 30 days

Dispute resolution

Non Stock - It is up to the budget / invoice holder to resolve any 'non-stock' invoice disputes. Stock - Price disputes on stock items (variances to the Purchase Order) are sent to our Procurement team to resolve directly with the supplier. Quantity disputes are largely dealt with by our Purchase Ledger teams. PODs are provided to validate any dispute.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2021	51	44%	25%	25 Nov 2021
H1 2021	44	46%	24%	19 May 2021
H2 2020	57	65%	44%	23 Nov 2020
H1 2020	48	67%	18%	1 Jun 2020
H2 2019	44	42%	21%	28 Nov 2019
H1 2019	49	56%	20%	12 Jul 2019
H2 2018	55	58%	24%	8 Jan 2019
H1 2018	51	75%	24%	18 May 2018
H2 2017	51	77%	25%	5 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 29 Dec 1982
Registered office: UNIT 10-12 THE CIRCLE,, LONDON, SE1 2JE

6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 51-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 51-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 51-day cycle — about £8,300 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 · Leathams Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average was steady — within about ±7 days period to period, around 51 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports averaged around day 51, moving within about ±7 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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