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How long does Watkin Jones & Son Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

46days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Slower 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
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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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 60–65 days. Reported average: 46.

Stated terms60–65d
-14 days
Reported avg46d

At a glance

The key figures

60–65d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
-3d
faster over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 80% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 60d
49
51
56
51
56
46
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 32% 31–60 days 53% 61+ days 15%

The read · computed from their figures

Watkin Jones & Son Limited has filed 17 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 46 days against stated terms of 60–65 days.

The direction is faster: from 49 to 46 days over the window — about 3 days faster.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 15% landed 61+ days out.

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

Quick answers

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 reports average around day 46, moving within about ±5 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).

Report PL-02539870 · latest period to 31 Mar 2026

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