Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Knauf Insulation Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 01926842 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2025

43days

their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period

Slower than mostvs 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: 27 Jun 1985
Registered office: KNAUF INSULATION LIMITED, ST. HELENS, WA10 3LZ

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–90 days. Reported average: 43.

Stated terms0–90d

+43 days

Reported avg43d

At a glance

The key figures

0–90d

their stated terms

51%

invoices paid outside terms

-14d

faster over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 56% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 26% 31–60 days 59% 61+ days 15%

The read · computed from their figures

Knauf Insulation Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 43 days against stated terms of 0–90 days.

The direction is faster: from 57 to 43 days over the window — about 14 days faster.

In the latest period 51% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 15% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days end of month following date of invoice. 30 days from date of invoice and 45 days from date of invoice are the most standard terms.

Dispute resolution

Invoices with no PO are rejected back to the vendor. All disputes are sent to the appropriate internal department and/or purchasing depending on type of query. Once resolved accounts payable are informed and the invoice processed with any credit note if applicable and then paid on the payment run.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	43	51%	15%	30 Jan 2026
H1 2025	47	52%	17%	4 Aug 2025
H2 2024	48	55%	18%	5 Feb 2025
H1 2024	48	52%	18%	30 Jul 2024
H2 2023	48	54%	20%	1 Feb 2024
H1 2023	57	67%	29%	17 Jul 2023
H2 2022	58	78%	36%	31 Jan 2023
H1 2022	56	78%	32%	26 Oct 2022
H2 2021	49	67%	22%	24 Jan 2022
H1 2021	47	56%	18%	29 Jul 2021
H2 2020	49	60%	18%	31 Jan 2021
H1 2020	51	67%	18%	31 Jul 2020
H2 2019	49	64%	17%	31 Jan 2020
H1 2019	47	63%	18%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	53	60%	18%	11 Feb 2019
H1 2018	47	69%	19%	13 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 43-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 43-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £17,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 43-day cycle — about £17,000 more than the same account would carry at 0-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

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 14 days faster over the window (57 → 43 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 43, moving within about ±3 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 6,185 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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