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How long does Churches Fire Security Ltd. take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02703471 · Administrative & support services · 8 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

52days
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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On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
3 Apr 1992
Registered office
FIRE HOUSE MAYFLOWER CLOSE, EASTLEIGH, SO53 4AR
4 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 7–120 days. Reported average: 52.

Stated terms7–120d
+45 days
Reported avg52d

At a glance

The key figures

7–120d
their stated terms
38%
invoices paid outside terms
-11d
faster over the window
±6d
variable pattern

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower
Slower than 89% of the 608 large companies reporting in administrative & support services.

The pattern

Getting faster

Average days to pay across their last 6 statutory reports.

terms 7d
63
59
60
54
49
52
H2 2023H1 2024H2 2024H1 2025H2 2025H1 2026

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 28% 31–60 days 38% 61+ days 34%

The read · computed from their figures

Churches Fire Security Ltd. has filed 8 statutory payment periods (earliest H2 2022). Their latest report puts the average at 52 days against stated terms of 7–120 days.

The direction is faster: from 63 to 52 days over the window — about 11 days faster.

In the latest period 38% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 34% landed 61+ days out.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

10 days – lockup providers NET 30 days – majority of suppliers NET 60 days and NET 120 days - biggest key suppliers

Dispute resolution

The business manages all queries through the Purchase Ledger Team and with the cooperation of other departments. The business operates a purchase order system and an automated system of matching invoices to approved purchase orders. If there is a dispute, an invoice is put on hold and the business will call/email the relevant vendor and follow up with an email to resolve.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265238%34%22 May 2026
H2 20254920%34%24 Nov 2025
H1 20255417%41%13 Jun 2025
H2 20246027%43%26 Nov 2024
H1 20245927%44%31 May 2024
H2 20236324%47%23 Nov 2023
H1 20237128%53%31 May 2023
H2 20226425%48%30 Nov 2022

Working-capital effect

What a 52-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 52-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £20,500
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 52-day cycle — about £17,700 more than the same account would carry at 7-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 11 days faster over the window (63 → 52 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports average around day 52, moving within about ±6 days. 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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