Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk
Hammer PLC paid suppliers in 42 days on average — inside its 90-day stated terms
Their H2 2024 filing put the average 48 days inside their stated 90-day term.
- Their stated terms
- 90 days
- Paid outside agreed terms
- 55% of invoices
- Paid after 61+ days
- 15%
- Reporting period
- 1 Apr 2024 – 30 Sept 2024
- Source
- their gov.uk filing, filed 11 Oct 2024
Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.
Terms vs reality · their H2 2024 filing
Paid 48 days inside the 90-day term they state
Where their invoices landed · share of all invoices
The pattern · last 6 of 13 reports
48 → 42 days — faster across the window
The read · computed from their figures
Hammer PLC's H2 2024 filing put their average at 42 days against stated terms of 90 days; 55% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 15% took 61 days or longer. Filed 11 Oct 2024.
The direction is faster: from 48 days in H1 2022 to 42 now — 6 days faster across their last 6 reports.
That is 13 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.
What they tell their suppliers
In their own words · from the filing
Standard payment terms
The most commonly applied terms are 30 days from end of month.
Dispute resolution
All complaints are addressed by the Accounts Payable function.
Other information
Payment statistics disclosed in this report can be affected by a number of different factors. Invoices are often reported as due but not paid within agreed terms because BACS transfers to suppliers arrive in the supplier’s bank account two business days after leaving the company’s bank account, contract payments due on weekends or bank holidays are typically paid on the following business day and the company typically initiates payments in batches, on a weekly basis; where this is the case payments will normally be received by the supplier within a few days of the due date.
Every statutory report on record
Most recent first.
| Period | Avg days | Outside terms | 61+ days | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 2024 | 42 | 55% | 15% | 11 Oct 2024 |
| H1 2024 | 46 | 58% | 21% | 16 Apr 2024 |
| H2 2023 | 40 | 51% | 17% | 13 Oct 2023 |
| H1 2023 | 39 | 49% | 19% | 18 Apr 2023 |
| H2 2022 | 47 | 57% | 15% | 20 Oct 2022 |
| H1 2022 | 48 | 55% | 19% | 19 Apr 2022 |
| H2 2021 | 45 | 65% | 16% | 11 Oct 2021 |
| H1 2021 | 43 | 64% | 16% | 16 Apr 2021 |
| H2 2020 | 53 | 79% | 29% | 9 Oct 2020 |
| H1 2020 | 50 | 56% | 22% | 14 May 2020 |
| H2 2019 | 45 | 43% | 11% | 7 Oct 2019 |
| H1 2019 | 47 | 50% | 14% | 17 Apr 2019 |
| H2 2018 | 40 | 40% | 10% | 8 Oct 2018 |
On the public register · Companies House
Company record
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 23 Aug 1991
- Registered office
- VISION 27, BASINGSTOKE, RG24 8NF
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