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How long does Williams Lea Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02119266 · Administrative & support services · 9 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

50days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
3 Apr 1987
Registered office
DARWIN HOUSE LEEDS VALLEY PARK, LEEDS, LS10 1AB
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60 days. Reported average: 50.

Stated terms60d
-10 days
Reported avg50d

At a glance

The key figures

60d
their stated terms
62%
invoices paid outside terms
-31d
faster over the window
±3d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 88% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
81
47
44
46
48
50
H2 2019H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 34% 61+ days 48%

The read · computed from their figures

Williams Lea Limited has filed 9 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 50 days against stated terms of 60 days.

The direction is faster: from 81 to 50 days over the window — about 31 days faster.

In the latest period 62% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 48% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are Net 60 days. There are exceptions to this where we are contractually obliged to pay earlier (sole traders, small businesses etc.,).

Dispute resolution

Suppliers can contact us by email [email protected]. Their query is logged and an incident number assigned to the query. The incident number is used to monitor progress of the query and to communicate with the vendor. An acknowledgment of the query is sent immediately. We aim to respond to the query within 48 hours of the ticket being logged. The resolution is dependent on the complexity of the query. Once full resolution has been completed the ticket is closed and notification sent to the supplier.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265062%48%21 Jul 2026
H2 20254862%45%28 Jan 2026
H1 20254688%43%24 Jul 2025
H2 20244476%38%24 Jul 2025
H1 20244777%39%24 Oct 2024
H2 20198176%85%31 Jan 2020
H1 20197867%61%30 Jul 2019
H2 20186818%76%30 Jan 2019
H1 20186198%66%30 Jul 2018

Quick answers

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 31 days faster over the window (81 → 50 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 50, moving within about ±3 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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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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