Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Guardsman Industries Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02360505 · Wholesale & retail trade · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 21 Sept 2018

23days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 21 Sept 2018 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 13 Mar 1989
Registered office: C/O CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED 5 CHURCHILL PLACE, LONDON, E14 5HU

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 70 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms70d

-47 days

Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

70d

their stated terms

51%

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 84% of the 819 large companies reporting in wholesale & retail trade.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 73% 31–60 days 23% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Guardsman Industries Limited has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 70 days.

In the latest period 51% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Our standard payment terms are 70 days.

Dispute resolution

The business takes resolving disputes related to payment very seriously and looks into them on a case by case basis through our local sourcing manager.

Other information

These were requested by the supplier as their preferred payment terms.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2018	23	51%	4%	29 Jan 2019
H1 2018	26	56%	4%	31 Jul 2018

Quick answers

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 23. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.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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