Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Elemis Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02279688 · Manufacturing · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

37days

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: 22 Jul 1988
Registered office: UNIT G2 TITAN ROAD, BRISTOL, BS34 6FD

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30 days. Reported average: 37.

Stated terms30d

+7 days

Reported avg37d

At a glance

The key figures

30d

their stated terms

29%

invoices paid outside terms

±1d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 70% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 62% 31–60 days 24% 61+ days 14%

The read · computed from their figures

Elemis Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 37 days against stated terms of 30 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±1 days period to period.

In the latest period 29% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 14% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms in the absence of any other agreement are 30 days from invoice date. Payment may be made based on proforma invoices where these are for high value stock or machinery items, especially those being sent from outside the EU.

Dispute resolution

Queries are handled by the Accounts Payable department, who will liaise with suppliers by phone or by email. This team will contact other parts of the business as required to help resolve queries and disputes and make payment as soon as possible after the query is resolved.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	37	29%	14%	30 Apr 2026
H2 2025	37	31%	18%	14 Oct 2025
H1 2025	38	31%	17%	10 Apr 2025
H2 2024	37	35%	22%	29 Oct 2024
H1 2024	34	32%	11%	23 Apr 2024
H2 2023	38	32%	24%	31 Oct 2023
H1 2023	61	52%	23%	26 Apr 2023
H2 2022	41	72%	24%	27 Oct 2022
H1 2022	41	66%	24%	25 Apr 2022
H2 2021	32	57%	11%	21 Oct 2021
H1 2021	41	50%	19%	28 Apr 2021
H2 2020	55	46%	41%	27 Oct 2020
H1 2020	46	42%	26%	28 Apr 2020
H1 2019	45	45%	24%	18 Jul 2019
H2 2018	42	46%	22%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	43	47%	25%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 37-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 37-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 37-day cycle — about £2,800 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 ±1 days period to period, around 37 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 37, moving within about ±1 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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