Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Calea UK Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02506615 · Manufacturing · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

48days

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: 30 May 1990
Registered office: CESTRIAN COURT, RUNCORN, WA7 1NT

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 30–60 days. Reported average: 48.

Stated terms30–60d

+18 days

Reported avg48d

At a glance

The key figures

30–60d

their stated terms

88%

invoices paid outside terms

+12d

slower over the window

±3d

steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Slower than 54% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 30d

H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 18% 31–60 days 56% 61+ days 26%

The read · computed from their figures

Calea UK Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 48 days against stated terms of 30–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 36 to 48 days over the window — about 12 days slower.

In the latest period 88% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 26% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

our most frequent payment terms are 30 days - we are moving to 60 days as part of a Global Procurement SOP

Dispute resolution

Where invoices received from suppliers do not match expected values or units as per issued purchase orders, contact is made to discuss and amend invoices as appropriate with a view to swift resolution of disputes.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	48	88%	26%	30 Jul 2026
H2 2025	42	83%	13%	2 Feb 2026
H1 2025	42	86%	9%	29 Jul 2025
H2 2024	43	87%	12%	27 Jan 2025
H1 2024	43	90%	11%	6 Aug 2024
H2 2023	36	33%	11%	26 Jan 2024
H1 2023	40	37%	16%	26 Jul 2023
H2 2022	37	33%	11%	22 May 2023
H1 2022	37	35%	13%	22 May 2023
H2 2021	46	43%	18%	21 Jan 2022
H1 2021	57	30%	14%	29 Jul 2021
H2 2020	46	92%	15%	29 Jul 2021
H1 2020	44	77%	17%	30 Jul 2020
H2 2019	40	44%	13%	28 Jan 2020
H1 2019	34	46%	8%	30 Jul 2019
H2 2018	34	37%	8%	11 Apr 2019
H1 2018	33	45%	9%	12 Nov 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 48-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 48-day vs a 30-day payment cycle.

≈ £19,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 48-day cycle — about £7,100 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 has moved about 12 days slower over the window (36 → 48 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 48, 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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