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How long does William Lee Limited take to pay its suppliers?

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

42days
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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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.

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 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 45 days. Reported average: 42.

Stated terms45d
-3 days
Reported avg42d

At a glance

The key figures

45d
their stated terms
0%
invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 58% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

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

The read · computed from their figures

William Lee Limited has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2018). Their latest report puts the average at 42 days against stated terms of 45 days.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 20% landed 61+ days out.

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.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 2019420%20%6 Aug 2019
H2 2018420%18%10 Jan 2019

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What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 42. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.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).

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