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How long does Van Elle Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02590521 · Construction · 18 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

65days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Well behindvs 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
11 Mar 1991
Registered office
SOUTHWELL LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SOUTHWELL LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD, NG17 8GJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 1–90 days. Reported average: 65.

Stated terms1–90d
+64 days
Reported avg65d

At a glance

The key figures

1–90d
their stated terms
10%
invoices paid outside terms
+5d
slower over the window
±5d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 98% of the 385 large companies reporting in construction.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 1d
60
59
56
60
59
65
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 13% 31–60 days 45% 61+ days 42%

The read · computed from their figures

Van Elle Limited has filed 18 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2017). Their latest report puts the average at 65 days against stated terms of 1–90 days.

The direction is slower: from 60 to 65 days over the window — about 5 days slower.

In the latest period 10% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 42% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

10% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

30 days from end of month of invoice 45 days from end of month of invoice 60 days from end of month of invoice

Dispute resolution

When an invoice is received and there is no proof of delivery the site teams are contacted by the finance team to provide the proof of delivery. Where no proof of delivery is available internally, the vendor is contacted by the finance team for a copy of the proof of delivery. If no proof of delivery is then obtained, approval is obtained internally from senior management. Where there is a variance to the purchase order, the purchase order creator is contacted by the finance team to review and approve the invoice variance. Disputes relating to payment terms are dealt with by the purchasing department (except for a maximum tolerance level of £15, which is reported and monitored)

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20266510%42%28 May 2026
H2 20255911%42%1 Dec 2025
H1 20256013%46%29 May 2025
H2 20245610%42%5 Dec 2024
H1 20245910%43%29 May 2024
H2 20236011%44%29 Nov 2023
H1 20236313%45%30 May 2023
H2 20226317%54%7 Dec 2022
H1 20226313%48%17 May 2022
H2 20216523%50%30 Nov 2021
H1 20216620%55%25 May 2021
H2 20207742%71%9 Feb 2021
H1 20207754%78%9 Feb 2021
H2 20197248%75%20 Apr 2020
H1 20197264%71%8 May 2019
H2 20186525%35%1 Feb 2019
H1 20186625%44%5 Feb 2019
H2 20176525%37%5 Feb 2019

Working-capital effect

What a 65-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 65-day vs a 1-day payment cycle.

≈ £25,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 65-day cycle — about £25,200 more than the same account would carry at 1-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 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

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 5 days slower over the window (60 → 65 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 65, moving within about ±5 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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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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