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How long does Wessex Water Services Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02366648 · Water & waste · 16 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

18days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1 Apr 1989
Registered office
WESSEX WATER OPERATIONS CENTRE, CLAVERTON DOWN, BA2 7WW
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Mar 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 2–45 days. Reported average: 18.

Stated terms2–45d
+16 days
Reported avg18d

At a glance

The key figures

2–45d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
±0d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 92% of the 62 large companies reporting in water & waste.

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 2d
16
16
18
18
18
18
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 74% 31–60 days 25% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Wessex Water Services Limited has filed 16 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 18 days against stated terms of 2–45 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±0 days period to period.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Conditions of Contract for the Supply of Goods and Services - Payment will be made by BACS at the end of the Company’s accounting month following the accounting month of Delivery or receipt of invoice, whichever is the later. Capital Delivery Contract Payments. Fixed AMP schedule for payments under contract types NEC3, ECC, PSC, Discrete, E Short, TDO, frameworks, Bespoke contracts and ICE. Optional: any further information about your maximum contractual payment period Small supplier scheme (14 days Nett) - Qualification where suppliers turnover is less than the UK VAT registration threshold.

Dispute resolution

Any dispute arising out of or in respect of the Purchase Order may be referred in writing by either Party to a dispute resolution committee comprising the Company Representative and the Supplier Representative. Failing resolution of the dispute by the dispute resolution committee within a period of 10 (ten) Business Days of the reference to them the dispute may immediately be referred in writing by either Party for determination to the Company’s procurement team and Supplier sales manager who shall seek to reach agreement of the dispute within 1 (one) calendar month.

Other information

Alternative payment options • 7 days - Push Pay card payments (Processed weekly/Mon) • 30 days - Card payments (MOTO & E-Commerce)

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261810%1%23 Jul 2026
H2 20251811%1%30 Jan 2026
H1 20251810%1%15 Jul 2025
H2 20241810%1%8 Jan 2025
H1 2024169%0%12 Jul 2024
H2 2023168%0%4 Jan 2024
H1 2023169%0%21 Jul 2023
H2 2022169%0%13 Jan 2023
H1 2022179%1%12 Jul 2022
H2 20211810%1%11 Jan 2022
H1 2021189%0%14 Jul 2021
H2 2020144%0%18 Jan 2021
H1 2020164%1%7 Jul 2020
H2 2019178%1%3 Jan 2020
H1 2019188%1%9 Jul 2019
H2 2018166%1%14 Jan 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 18-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 18-day vs a 2-day payment cycle.

≈ £7,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 18-day cycle — about £6,300 more than the same account would carry at 2-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 ±0 days period to period, around 18 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 18, moving within about ±0 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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