PAIDLATE by YORXEN
← New check

Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Elwa Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02700386 · Other services · 13 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2026

17days
their reported average time to pay suppliers, latest period
Faster than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,185 recent filers

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

Share

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
25 Mar 1992
Registered office
8 WHITE OAK SQUARE, SWANLEY, BR8 7AG
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 5–43 days. Reported average: 17.

Stated terms5–43d
+12 days
Reported avg17d

At a glance

The key figures

5–43d
their stated terms
17%
invoices paid outside terms
+4d
slower over the window
±2d
steady pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Faster than 90% of the 118 large companies reporting in other services.

The pattern

Getting slower

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 5d
13
20
13
17
14
17
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 83% 31–60 days 17% 61+ days 0%

The read · computed from their figures

Elwa Limited has filed 13 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2020). Their latest report puts the average at 17 days against stated terms of 5–43 days.

The direction is slower: from 13 to 17 days over the window — about 4 days slower.

In the latest period 17% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 0% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Invoices are generally paid on the last day of the month the invoice is received. This equates to a standard payment period of 30 days. Biffa invoices have due dates on the invoice of 30 days but per the contract with Biffa they are due to be paid 3 business days after the UC income is received, this is checked manually. The invoices not paid in terms all relate to the Aon insurance invoices which had a payment term of 7 days. We had to receive the insurance income before we could pay these invoices.

Dispute resolution

Dispute Resolution Procedure is set out in all major contracts with sub-contractors.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20261717%0%17 Apr 2026
H2 20251422%0%27 Oct 2025
H1 20251731%0%28 Apr 2025
H2 20241325%0%25 Oct 2024
H1 20242030%1%24 Apr 2024
H2 20231319%0%31 Oct 2023
H1 20231038%0%27 Apr 2023
H2 20221831%4%1 Nov 2022
H1 2022130%0%25 Apr 2022
H2 202180%0%22 Oct 2021
H1 202182%0%22 Apr 2021
H2 202090%0%23 Oct 2020
H1 2020156%0%29 Apr 2020

Working-capital effect

What a 17-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 17-day vs a 5-day payment cycle.

≈ £6,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 17-day cycle — about £4,700 more than the same account would carry at 5-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 4 days slower over the window (13 → 17 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 17, moving within about ±2 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
Run the live check — it re-reads their record and their live Companies House file, on the amount you invoice.

Stay ahead

Watch Elwa Limited (free)

Their next payment report is due ≈ 27 Oct 2026. We watch their public record and email you when something changes — a new payment report, late filings, insolvency markers, new charges.

You’ll get a confirmation email first. Unsubscribe any time. How we handle your address.

More large companies in other services

Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited · Enterprise (Aol) Limited · Eef Limited · Everwarm Ltd · Easyjet Holidays Transport Limited · Financial Ombudsman Service Limited

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).

Report PL-02700386 · latest period to 31 Mar 2026

Verify the original Companies House file

Built by YORXEN LTD · registered in England & Wales · CRN 17303256 · privacy · terms.