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How long does Mears Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02519234 · Administrative & support services · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

23days
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
6 Jul 1990
Registered office
2ND FLOOR UNIT 5220 VALIANT COURT, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4FE
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–60 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms7–60d
+16 days
Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

7–60d
their stated terms
11%
invoices paid outside terms
+3d
slower over the window
±4d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 63% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
20
20
22
27
30
23
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 61% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 1%

The read · computed from their figures

Mears Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 7–60 days.

The direction is slower: from 20 to 23 days over the window — about 3 days slower.

In the latest period 11% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 1% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing Offers supply-chain finance 2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Suppliers: 30 days nett monthly (smaller non-core suppliers) or 60 days nett monthly (larger core suppliers) Subcontractors 30 days nett monthly (standard terms) or all approved invoices paid 6/16/26th of the month (Mears Payables)

Dispute resolution

Mears Limited actively seeks to resolve disputes by discussing with relevant personnel at the supplier. Discussions may involve accounts payable and credit control, procurement and commercial teams as well as members of management where necessary.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20262311%1%17 Jul 2026
H2 20253015%3%30 Jan 2026
H1 20252716%2%31 Jul 2025
H2 20242211%2%13 Jan 2025
H1 20242012%1%13 Jan 2025
H2 20232012%2%5 Feb 2024
H1 20232214%2%30 Jul 2023
H2 20222310%3%12 Jan 2023
H1 20222415%4%3 Aug 2022
H2 20212618%5%10 Feb 2022
H1 20211818%4%1 Sept 2021
H2 20201817%4%30 Jan 2021
H1 20202119%5%31 Jul 2020
H2 20193922%13%1 Feb 2020
H1 2019579%43%27 Jul 2019
H2 2018608%47%9 Feb 2019
H1 20185815%44%30 Jul 2018

Working-capital effect

What a 23-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £6,300 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 3 days slower over the window (20 → 23 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 23, moving within about ±4 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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