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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

O'Connor Utilities Limited pays suppliers in 36 days on average — 29 days past its stated terms

CRN 02916906 · Construction · 11 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Apr 2026

36daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 29 days past the 7-day term they state.

Slower than mostvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
7 days
Paid outside agreed terms
22% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
11%
Reporting period
1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 29 May 2026

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

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 29 days past their stated terms

The pattern · last 6 of 11 reports

29 → 36 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

O'Connor Utilities Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 36 days against stated terms of 7 days; 22% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 11% took 61 days or longer. Filed 29 May 2026.

The direction is slower: from 29 days in H1 2020 to 36 now — 7 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 61% of the 394 large companies reporting in construction.

That is 11 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2017) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

39% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

We pay according to supplier terms; but we make weekly payment BACS payment runs to ensure late payments are kept to a minimum.

Dispute resolution

Accounts Payable Team contact the supplier to address the query, working with internal stakeholders to resolve the root cause and enable payment or credit of the invoice.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20263622%11%29 May 2026
H2 20253331%7%28 Jan 2026
H2 2021280%1%3 Mar 2022
H1 2021270%1%19 Oct 2021
H2 2020280%2%9 Feb 2021
H1 2020290%3%10 Sept 2020
H2 2019340%2%4 Dec 2019
H1 2019380%2%2 Oct 2019
H2 2018350%2%7 Jan 2019
H1 2018361%2%1 Aug 2018
H2 2017401%6%14 Feb 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
8 Apr 1994
Registered office
ARTEMIS HOUSE, STOCKPORT, SK3 8AB
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Jan 2027

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 36-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 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 · O'Connor Utilities Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 7 days slower over the window (29 → 36 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 36; across their last 6 reports it ranged 27–36 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
Can I see what this means for my invoices?
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What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
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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).

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