Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Buckingham Group Contracting Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02181671 · Construction · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2023

39days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: In Administration
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 21 Oct 1987
Registered office: C/O GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP 11TH FLOOR LANDMARK ST PETER'S SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M1 4PB

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2023

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 14–60 days. Reported average: 39.

Stated terms14–60d

+25 days

Reported avg39d

At a glance

The key figures

14–60d

their stated terms

14%

invoices paid outside terms

±5d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 70% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 14d

H2 2020H1 2021H2 2021H1 2022H2 2022H1 2023

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 37% 31–60 days 58% 61+ days 5%

The read · computed from their figures

Buckingham Group Contracting Limited has filed 11 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 39 days against stated terms of 14–60 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±5 days period to period.

In the latest period 14% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 5% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Network Rail Fair Payment Charter

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The most frequently used payment terms in the reporting period for the Rail Sector are 28 days and for the Construction Sector 45 days from period end

Dispute resolution

The company seeks to resolve disputes by discussing them directly with the relevant supplier. This involves communication with members of the accounts payable team, procurement and the commercial teams with escalation to senior management if necessary. In the rare instance where it is not possible to reach agreement, dispute resolution methods such as adjudication may be used.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2023	39	14%	5%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	46	16%	14%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	37	14%	12%	11 Aug 2022
H2 2021	36	14%	12%	30 Jan 2022
H1 2021	41	14%	10%	3 Aug 2021
H2 2020	39	25%	17%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	38	24%	18%	28 Jul 2020
H2 2019	43	21%	23%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	46	22%	23%	2 Aug 2019
H2 2018	43	18%	24%	30 Jan 2019
H1 2018	45	21%	26%	1 Aug 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 39-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 39-day vs a 14-day payment cycle.

≈ £15,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 39-day cycle — about £9,900 more than the same account would carry at 14-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 is steady — within about ±5 days period to period, around 39 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 39, moving within about ±5 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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