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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Bristol Water PLC paid suppliers in 59 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 02662226 · Water & waste · 10 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Jan 2023

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Jan 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
59daysavg time to pay · H1 2023

Their H1 2023 filing put the average 1 day inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
39% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
26%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2022 – 31 Jan 2023
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 28 Apr 2023

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2023 filing

Paid 1 day inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 10 reports

46 → 59 days — slower across the window

The read · computed from their figures

Bristol Water PLC's H1 2023 filing put their average at 59 days against stated terms of 60 days; 39% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 26% took 61 days or longer. Filed 28 Apr 2023.

The direction is slower: from 46 days in H2 2020 to 59 now — 13 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 10 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers supply-chain finance

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Standard contractual payment terms for Bristol Water are that payment will be made by the end of the Company’s accounting month following the accounting month of Delivery or receipt of invoice, whichever is the later

Dispute resolution

Investigation of the issue by Procurement and Finance who will seek to resolve with the supplier as quickly as possible. Payment will then be included on the next available BACS run if required.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20235939%26%28 Apr 2023
H2 20224625%11%28 Oct 2022
H1 20224932%12%28 Apr 2022
H2 20214645%17%20 Oct 2021
H1 20215368%22%21 Apr 2021
H2 20204646%18%13 Oct 2020
H1 20204041%13%21 Apr 2020
H2 20193738%8%14 Oct 2019
H1 20193640%9%16 Apr 2019
H2 20184265%12%23 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
12 Nov 1991
Registered office
BRISTOL WATER PLC, BRISTOL, BS13 7AT
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

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Quick answers · Bristol Water PLC

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 13 days slower over the window (46 → 59 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 59; across their last 6 reports it ranged 46–59 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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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).

Report PL-02662226 · latest period to 31 Jan 2023

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