Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Hargreaves Industrial Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02307132 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Nov 2025

72days

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: 19 Oct 1988
Registered office: HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC, ESH WINNING, DH7 9PT

1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 28 Feb 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 72.

Stated terms45d

+27 days

Reported avg72d

At a glance

The key figures

45d

their stated terms

38%

invoices paid outside terms

+16d

slower over the window

±8d

variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 99% of the 248 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 45d

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

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 10% 31–60 days 53% 61+ days 37%

The read · computed from their figures

Hargreaves Industrial Services Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 72 days against stated terms of 45 days.

The direction is slower: from 56 to 72 days over the window — about 16 days slower.

In the latest period 38% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 37% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard terms are 30 days following the end of the month in which the invoice is received

Dispute resolution

Any disputes or complaints are handled by our dedicated purchase ledger team, in a timely manner. Should they be unable to resolve the issue, the matter will be escalated to an appropriate member of the Finance team.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2025	72	38%	37%	13 Apr 2026
H1 2025	59	29%	33%	23 Apr 2026
H2 2024	57	20%	33%	23 Apr 2026
H1 2024	71	53%	35%	23 Apr 2026
H2 2023	63	48%	41%	23 Apr 2026
H1 2023	56	42%	36%	23 Apr 2026
H2 2022	58	31%	44%	23 Apr 2026
H1 2022	62	51%	46%	23 Apr 2026
H2 2021	60	19%	40%	23 Apr 2026
H1 2021	53	16%	28%	23 Apr 2026
H2 2020	60	23%	43%	22 Dec 2020
H1 2020	62	29%	36%	16 Jun 2020
H2 2019	66	31%	36%	9 Dec 2019
H1 2019	60	26%	38%	28 Jun 2019
H2 2018	59	24%	38%	4 Dec 2018
H1 2018	62	38%	50%	15 Jun 2018
H2 2017	60	10%	47%	21 Dec 2017

Working-capital effect

What a 72-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 72-day vs a 45-day payment cycle.

≈ £28,500

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 72-day cycle — about £10,600 more than the same account would carry at 45-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 16 days slower over the window (56 → 72 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 72, moving within about ±8 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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