Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Esh Construction Limited pays suppliers in 40 days on average — 33 days past its stated terms

CRN 02529939 · Construction · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 May 2026

40daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 33 days past the 7-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers

Their stated terms: 7 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 3% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 3%
Reporting period: 1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 24 Sept 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 33 days past their stated terms

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–45

avg 40d

0 days45 days

reported avg 40 days their filed terms 7 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 30% 31–60 days 67% 61+ days 3%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #116960, period 1 Dec 2025 – 31 May 2026, filed 24 Sept 2026 · gov.uk payment-practices service

Esh Construction Limited pays 33 days past its own stated terms. 3% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 3% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2026 filing.

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

34 → 40 days — slowing down

PAIDLATE · the patternavg days per report

Last 6 of 17 filed reports · linear day scale · every period is in the table below · Source: gov.uk payment-practices service

6 days slower across the window. From 34 days in H2 2023 to 40 in the H1 2026 filing; the dashed line marks the 7-day term they state.

The read · computed from their figures

Esh Construction Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 40 days against stated terms of 7 days; 3% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 3% took 61 days or longer. Filed 24 Sept 2026.

The direction is slower: from 34 days in H2 2023 to 40 now — 6 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 72% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Payment code: Prompt Payment Code 3% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

or subcontractors, standard terms are 45 days. However, there is flexibility depending on the nature of the subcontractor, subject to Commercial Manager and/or Commercial Director approval with days varying from 7 to 45 days. For suppliers, standard terms are for payment to be made by the end of the month following receipt.

Dispute resolution

For subcontractors, Esh Construction follow industry-wide process including where necessary the issue of a 'Pay Less Notice' outlining reasons for the valuation variance. We strive to resolve queries and disputes on a timely basis and in a collaborative manner. In most circumstances, our commercial staff will resolve a dispute directly with the subcontractor without the need for the subject matter experts or legal counsel.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2026	40	3%	3%	24 Sept 2026
H2 2025	36	2%	2%	4 Feb 2026
H1 2025	35	2%	2%	18 Jul 2025
H2 2024	36	3%	3%	22 Jan 2025
H1 2024	35	3%	2%	17 Jul 2024
H2 2023	34	3%	2%	1 Feb 2024
H1 2023	36	3%	3%	31 Jul 2023
H2 2022	36	3%	3%	5 Feb 2023
H1 2022	37	2%	2%	5 Feb 2023
H2 2021	33	2%	2%	16 Feb 2022
H1 2021	40	0%	4%	10 Sept 2021
H2 2020	40	9%	6%	12 May 2021
H1 2020	47	6%	17%	18 Aug 2020
H2 2019	45	11%	13%	27 Jan 2020
H1 2019	48	19%	8%	25 Jul 2019
H2 2018	46	18%	9%	28 Jan 2019
H1 2018	45	19%	5%	30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 10 Aug 1990
Registered office: ESH HOUSE, BOWBURN, DH6 5PF

3 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 40-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 40-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £16,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 40-day cycle — about £13,000 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

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.

Quick answers · Esh Construction Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?

Their reported average has moved about 6 days slower over the window (34 → 40 days).

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest filed report puts the average at day 40; across their last 6 reports it ranged 34–40 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.

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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 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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