Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

How long does Colormatrix Europe Limited take to pay its suppliers?

CRN 02780189 · Manufacturing · 2 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Dec 2023

23days

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.

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Dec 2023 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 15 Jan 1993
Registered office: UNITS 9-11 UNITY GROVE, KNOWSLEY, L34 9GT

0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 30 Sept 2026

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Terms vs reality

Stated terms: 0–119 days. Reported average: 23.

Stated terms0–119d

+23 days

Reported avg23d

At a glance

The key figures

0–119d

their stated terms

invoices paid outside terms

Vs peers · latest reported averages

fasterslower

Faster than 95% of the 992 large companies reporting in manufacturing.

Where their supplier invoices land · latest period

within 30 days 78% 31–60 days 18% 61+ days 4%

The read · computed from their figures

Colormatrix Europe Limited has filed 2 statutory payment periods (earliest H1 2021). Their latest report puts the average at 23 days against stated terms of 0–119 days.

In the latest period 0% of invoices were paid outside their agreed terms, and 4% landed 61+ days out.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

The Company negotiates and agrees payment terms with its third party suppliers as part of its procurement process and as a result payment terms vary by supplier. The most common payment terms entered into during the reporting period was 30 days from date of invoice. In the reporting period, the average payment time, based on number of payments made, was 23 days. The numbers presented above include payments to affiliate companies, with a standard payment term of net 15th following month of invoice.

Dispute resolution

ColorMatrix Europe Limited has a dedicated Accounts Payable helpdesk in the event of a dispute with a supplier that offers them support through to query resolution. This query can be raised via email at [email protected]. If required, the query is then forwarded to the ColorMatrix Europe Limited contract monitor or requisitioner for further investigation.

Other information

The Company has prescheduled payment runs that are processed regularly for all approved invoices.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

Period	Avg days	Outside terms	61+ days	Filed
H2 2023	23	0%	4%	8 Feb 2024
H1 2021	25	0%	5%	28 Jul 2021

Working-capital effect

What a 23-day cycle ties up

Illustrative. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 23-day vs a 0-day payment cycle.

≈ £9,000

of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 23-day cycle — about £9,100 more than the same account would carry at 0-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

What's their typical pay point?

Their latest reports average around day 23. 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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