Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Comau U.k. Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02294036 · Professional & technical services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

82days

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.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 8 Sept 1988
Registered office: BERNHARD COURT, 188 BILTON ROAD, RUGBY, CV22 7DT

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–90 days. Reported average: 82.

Stated terms60–90d

+22 days

Reported avg82d

At a glance

The key figures

60–90d

their stated terms

59%

invoices paid outside terms

+8d

slower over the window

±9d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 97% of the 530 large companies reporting in professional & technical services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 10% 31–60 days 20% 61+ days 70%

The read · computed from their figures

Comau U.k. Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 82 days against stated terms of 60–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 74 to 82 days over the window — about 8 days slower.

In the latest period 59% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 70% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard terms are 60 days, paid mid & end of month

Dispute resolution

All queries are routed in the first instance via the company's centralAccountsPayable mailbox. The Accounts Payable department liaise with andresolvepurchase invoices where queries exist with relevant suppliers andassociatedinternal customers.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	82	59%	70%	27 Jul 2026
H2 2025	85	71%	73%	4 Feb 2026
H1 2025	68	49%	64%	28 Jul 2025
H2 2024	75	38%	77%	28 Jan 2025
H1 2024	66	39%	60%	30 Oct 2024
H2 2023	74	41%	73%	22 Jan 2024
H1 2023	70	24%	57%	27 Jul 2023
H2 2022	77	43%	70%	24 Jan 2023
H1 2022	76	32%	66%	29 Nov 2022
H2 2021	75	43%	58%	24 Jan 2022
H1 2021	80	48%	69%	22 Jul 2021
H2 2020	74	32%	76%	29 Jan 2021
H1 2020	69	30%	64%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	82	50%	76%	30 Jan 2020
H1 2019	79	67%	78%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	75	42%	77%	31 Jan 2019
H1 2018	73	44%	73%	30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 82-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 82-day vs a 60-day payment cycle.

≈ £32,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 82-day cycle — about £8,700 more than the same account would carry at 60-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 8 days slower over the window (74 → 82 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 82, moving within about ±9 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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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