Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Electricity North West Limited pays suppliers in 33 days on average — within its stated 28–61 day terms
Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 5 days past the shortest term they state (28 days), still within their 61-day upper term.
- Their stated terms
- 28–61 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 15% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 8%
- Reporting period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Jul 2026
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing
Paid within their stated range — 33 against 28–61 days
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports
22 → 33 days — slowing down
The read · computed from their figures
Electricity North West Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 33 days against stated terms of 28–61 days; 15% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 8% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Jul 2026.
The direction is slower: from 22 days in H2 2023 to 33 now — 11 days slower across their last 6 reports.
On the latest reported averages: Slower than 71% of the 158 large companies reporting in electricity & gas.
That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
Net monthly is the standard payment terms offered. This means that when in the month an invoice is received for payment it will be paid by the end of the following month, e.g. invoice received on 31 Jan would be paid by 28 Feb (shortest duration of standard payment terms i.e. 28 days) or invoice received on 1 Jul would be paid by 31 Aug (longest duration of standard payment terms i.e. 61 days).
Dispute resolution
The Accounts Payable (AP) department would initially deal with any disputes, if no resolution is possible within the AP team it would be passed to either the Shared Services Manager or the Procurement department to deal with, depending upon the nature of the query.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2026 | 33 | 15% | 8% | 30 Jul 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 32 | 12% | 5% | 30 Jan 2026 |
| H2 2025 | 19 | 11% | 1% | 29 Oct 2025 |
| H1 2025 | 22 | 8% | 3% | 29 Apr 2025 |
| H1 2024 | 21 | 13% | 1% | 29 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 22 | 14% | 1% | 26 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 19 | 17% | 1% | 27 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 20 | 11% | 1% | 27 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 20 | 38% | 5% | 23 May 2022 |
| H1 2021 | 21 | 12% | 3% | 4 May 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 19 | 9% | 1% | 3 Nov 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 19 | 8% | 1% | 29 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 19 | 8% | 1% | 30 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 20 | 9% | 2% | 29 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1 Apr 1989
- Registered office
- ELECTRICITY NORTH WEST, STOCKPORT, SK1 2JD
Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic
What a 33-day cycle ties up
A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 33-day vs a 28-day payment cycle.
Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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.
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