Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02489546 · Wholesale & retail trade · 15 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2025

56days

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: 5 Apr 1990
Registered office: HIGHBOURNE HOUSE ELDON WAY, CRICK, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 7SL

2 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–90 days. Reported average: 56.

Stated terms30–90d

+26 days

Reported avg56d

At a glance

The key figures

30–90d

their stated terms

90%

invoices paid outside terms

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

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

The pattern

Holding steady

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2022H1 2023H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 4% 31–60 days 69% 61+ days 27%

The read · computed from their figures

City Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited has filed 15 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 56 days against stated terms of 30–90 days.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±3 days period to period.

In the latest period 90% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 27% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The company pays in line with the terms set out in written agreements with suppliers, which it has for the majority of goods for resale suppliers. Where a written agreement does not exist, the company will pay suppliers of goods for resale to 90 days after the invoice date, and suppliers of goods not for resale to 30 days after the invoice date, provided the supplier sends an accurate invoice which quotes the correct purchase order or cost centre number.

Dispute resolution

Where non-payment is caused by invoicing inaccuracy due to incorrect pricing/quantities or the quality of goods or services provided, the person responsible for the purchase will dispute the invoice by placing it on hold. Invoices that are subject to a dispute will not be paid until the issue is resolved. Suppliers are informed of held items in every remittance advice which is sent out. Once resolved, payment will be made in accordance with the terms of the contract, unless the invoice is overdue where it will be paid in the next available payment run.

Other information

The company raises payment instructions in line with the agreed payment terms, which make no allowance for fund transmission times. The funds are available to suppliers between 1 and 5 days after the payment terms date depending upon the method of transmission.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2025	56	90%	27%	23 Jul 2025
H2 2024	56	88%	26%	28 Jan 2025
H1 2024	53	77%	25%	15 Jul 2024
H2 2023	51	82%	22%	1 Feb 2024
H1 2023	53	81%	23%	28 Jul 2023
H2 2022	58	79%	25%	30 Jan 2023
H1 2022	60	78%	43%	25 Jul 2022
H2 2021	55	77%	27%	27 Jan 2022
H1 2021	49	67%	22%	19 Jul 2021
H2 2020	55	89%	23%	28 Jan 2021
H1 2020	36	89%	19%	27 Jul 2020
H2 2019	37	87%	16%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	36	70%	16%	26 Jul 2019
H2 2018	36	73%	17%	25 Jan 2019
H1 2018	32	68%	16%	26 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 56-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 56-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £22,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 56-day cycle — about £10,200 more than the same account would carry at 30-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 ±3 days period to period, around 56 days.

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 56, moving within about ±3 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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