Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

William Lee Limited paid suppliers in 42 days on average — inside its 45-day stated terms

CRN 02575974 · Manufacturing · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2019

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2019 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

42daysavg time to pay · H1 2019

Their H1 2019 filing put the average 3 days inside their stated 45-day term.

Their stated terms: 45 days
Paid outside agreed terms: 0% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days: 20%
Reporting period: 1 Oct 2018 – 31 Mar 2019
Source: their gov.uk filing, filed 6 Aug 2019

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2019 filing

Paid 3 days inside the 45-day term they state

PAIDLATE · terms vs the clockdays to pay · 0–50

avg 42d

0 days50 days

reported avg 42 days their filed terms 45 days UK median 31 days · n = 6,104 recent filers

Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices

within 30 days 7% 31–60 days 73% 61+ days 20%

Source: their statutory Payment Practices Report #21044, period 1 Oct 2018 – 31 Mar 2019, filed 6 Aug 2019 · gov.uk payment-practices service

William Lee Limited paid 3 days inside its stated 45-day term. 0% of invoices still went outside agreed terms; 20% reached 61 days or more. Self-reported in their statutory H1 2019 filing.

The read · computed from their figures

William Lee Limited's H1 2019 filing put their average at 42 days against stated terms of 45 days; 0% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 20% took 61 days or longer. Filed 6 Aug 2019.

That is 2 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Net monthly - i.e. payment due at the end of the month following invoice date.

Dispute resolution

All payment queries should either be referred to our Accounts Payable department or to the ordering department for the goods / services supplied.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H1 2019	42	0%	20%	6 Aug 2019
H2 2018	42	0%	18%	10 Jan 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 23 Jan 1991
Registered office: CALLYWHITE LANE, DERBYSHIRE, S18 2XU

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

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Quick answers · William Lee Limited

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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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