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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

WCF Ltd. paid suppliers in 33 days on average — within its stated 7–60 day terms

CRN 02263148 · Wholesale & retail trade · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2024

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 May 2024 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
33daysavg time to pay · H1 2024

Their H1 2024 filing put the average 26 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 60-day upper term.

Their stated terms
7–60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
21% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Dec 2023 – 31 May 2024
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 7 Aug 2024

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2024 filing

Paid within their stated range — 33 against 7–60 days

The pattern · last 6 of 13 reports

Held steady around 33 days

The read · computed from their figures

WCF Ltd.'s H1 2024 filing put their average at 33 days against stated terms of 7–60 days; 21% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 7 Aug 2024.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

That is 13 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

Most frequently used terms are 30 days, however some suppliers allow terms of EOM following invoice date

Dispute resolution

Each business unit would deal with any dispute on an individual basis. If they are not resolved at this level they would be passed to the Head Office for resolution

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20243321%7%7 Aug 2024
H1 20233522%10%7 Aug 2024
H2 20222920%6%26 May 2023
H1 20223625%10%1 Sept 2022
H2 20213227%7%1 Sept 2022
H1 20213426%7%27 Aug 2021
H2 20203227%7%18 Dec 2020
H1 20203318%8%28 Aug 2020
H2 20193023%4%23 Dec 2019
H1 20193242%4%27 Jun 2019
H2 20183033%3%27 Dec 2018
H1 20183229%6%29 Jun 2018
H2 20173225%6%21 Dec 2017

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
31 May 1988
Registered office
CRAWHALL, CUMBRIA, CA8 1TN
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 33-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £13,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 33-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 · WCF Ltd.

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average was steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 33 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 33, moving within about ±4 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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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