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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Watkin Jones & Son Limited pays suppliers in 46 days on average — inside its shortest stated term

CRN 02539870 · Construction · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

46daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 14 days inside the shortest term they state (60 days).

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60–65 days
Paid outside agreed terms
10% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
15%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 30 Apr 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 14 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

49 → 46 days — getting faster

The read · computed from their figures

Watkin Jones & Son Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 46 days against stated terms of 60–65 days; 10% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 30 Apr 2026.

The direction is faster: from 49 days in H2 2023 to 46 now — 3 days faster across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 80% 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

2% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The standard terms for suppliers are payment at the end of the month following date of invoice. The standard terms for sub-contractors are 60 days from receipt of invoice.

Dispute resolution

Suppliers - We have an accounts team who process and query invoices in a timely manner. Where required, disputes can be escalated to senior management. Sub-contractors - The accounts team deal with daily processing and queries, but it's the responsibility of the contract quantity surveyor to issue payment notices, and pay less notices to each sub-contractor. If they are unable to resolve a dispute the sub-contract adjudication process is followed.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20264610%15%30 Apr 2026
H2 20255610%17%30 Oct 2025
H1 20255112%16%23 Apr 2025
H2 20245611%17%30 Oct 2024
H1 20245113%17%30 Apr 2024
H2 2023499%14%27 Oct 2023
H1 2023489%15%24 Apr 2023
H2 20225514%19%31 Oct 2022
H1 20225612%19%13 Apr 2022
H2 20215512%17%26 Oct 2021
H1 20216117%26%30 Apr 2021
H2 20205428%27%2 Nov 2020
H1 20205316%21%11 May 2020
H2 20196128%29%21 Oct 2019
H1 20196331%35%30 Apr 2019
H2 20186031%32%30 Oct 2018
H1 2018563%29%1 May 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
17 Sept 1990
Registered office
3 LLYS Y BONT, BANGOR, LL57 4BN
23 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Jun 2027

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Quick answers · Watkin Jones & Son Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 3 days faster over the window (49 → 46 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 46; across their last 6 reports it ranged 46–56 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).

Report PL-02539870 · latest period to 31 Mar 2026

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