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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

C Spencer Limited pays suppliers in 41 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 02334308 · Construction · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

41daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 19 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
40% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
19%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 19 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 16 reports

60 → 41 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

C Spencer Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 41 days against stated terms of 60 days; 40% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 19% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 60 days in H2 2023 to 41 now — 19 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 74% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.

That is 16 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard payment terms are 30,45 and 60 days month end as agreed with the individual supplier. We embrace the various payment requirements of our clients and recognise the importance of prompt payments to our supply chain.

Dispute resolution

The Spencer Group are committed to fair and transparent treatment of its supply partners. Complaints, disagreements, and disputes regarding payment are initially progressed within the project teams. Where this fails to secure an acceptable outcome, escalation of matters to nominated Senior Representatives, in accordance with the contract provisions, are engaged to seek resolution. In the unlikely event that matters are not concluded the case can be referred to mediation or adjudication and ultimately litigation as directed by the dispute procedure protocol outlined in the relevant contract.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264140%19%30 Apr 2026
H2 20254355%22%16 Oct 2025
H1 20255272%35%5 Jun 2025
H2 20245159%32%4 Nov 2024
H1 20245271%32%3 Jul 2024
H2 20236086%49%1 Nov 2023
H1 20234843%23%1 Aug 2023
H2 20225335%28%19 Oct 2022
H1 20224950%22%3 May 2022
H2 20214724%20%18 Oct 2021
H1 20215255%29%5 Oct 2021
H2 20206081%46%14 Oct 2020
H1 20207189%54%30 Apr 2020
H2 20196487%52%30 Oct 2019
H1 20196581%49%30 Apr 2019
H2 20185979%41%25 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
11 Jan 1989
Registered office
1 HUMBER QUAYS, HULL, HU1 2BN
6 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · C Spencer Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 19 days faster over the window (60 → 41 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 41; across their last 6 reports it ranged 41–60 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?
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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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